Wielka Krokiew

Wielka Krokiew
Wielka Krokiew
Location	Zakopane; Poland
Opened	1925
Size
K–point	K-125
Hill size	HS 140
Hill record	Benjamin Østvold; (150m in 2021)
Top events
World Championships	1929 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships; 1939 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships; 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

Wielka Krokiew (The Great Krokiew, in Polish krokiew means rafter) is the biggest ski jumping hill built on the slope of Krokiew mountain (1378 m) in Zakopane, Poland. It was opened in 1925. Since 1989 the hills bears the official name Wielka Krokiew im. Stanisława Marusarza. It is a regular venue in the FIS Ski jumping World Cup. The capacity of the ski jumping stadium is 40,001.^{[citation needed]}

The hill was featured in competitions at the 1939 and 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships as well as the 2001 Universiade.

In 1997, Pope John Paul II, while visiting his native country, celebrated a mass at the hill's stadium.^[1]

Since 2001, due to the success of Polish jumper Adam Małysz, Wielka Krokiew has seen some of the largest audiences in World Cup ski jumping history.

During the 2020 Ski Jumping World Cup – Teams, Japanese ski jumper Yukiya Satō (佐藤幸椰) broke Dawid Kubacki's previous hill record at 143.5m with a massive 147m jump. It was also 4m meters better than the next best jump, at 143m which belonged to Ryōyū Kobayashi (小林陵侑) from Japan.