Seefeld Nordic Competence Centre
The Seefeld Nordic Competence Centre (In German: Nordisches Kompetenzzentrum) is a multi-sport venue for nordic skiing located in Seefeld in Tirol, Austria. It consists of a cross-country skiing stadium, the Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanzes with two ski jumping hills; a normal hill and a medium hill and a shooting range for biathlon. It has previously hosted the 1976 Winter Olympics and the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in 1985 and 2019.
Seefeld Nordisches Kompetenzzentrum | |
The Toni Seelos Olympic Ski Jump at Seefeld Nordic Competence Centre. | |
Type | stadium |
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Genre(s) | sporting events |
Surface | snow |
Opened | 1985 |
Built in 1985 in preparation for the Nordic World Championships, the Centre has been continually expanded and modernised. In 2005, a central building at the foot of the ski jump was constructed in the Casino Arena to enable more extensive use of facilities.[1]
Sports facilities
In recent years Seefeld has expanded and renovated its sports facilities and positioned itself as the Nordic Skill Centre (Nordisches Kompetenzzentrum) for the training of national teams and clubs as well as the Stams Skiing Grammar School (Skigymnasium Stams).
- Toni Seelos Olympic Ski Jumps in the Casino Arena on the northwest slopes of the Gschwandtkopf (HS 109 and HS 75)
- Biathlon stand with 30 firing points
- 279 km of courses for cross-country skiing, 125 km of which is for skating and 154 km for classic cross-country skiing
- Snow-making facilities
- Asphalt roller skiing route with a length of 3.6 km and width of 3 m with variations from 560 m to 4.7 km
- FIS-homologated courses for slalom and giant slalom on the Gschwandtkopf [2]
- Ski areas of Rosshütte, Gschwandtkopf and Geigenbühel-/Birkenlifte
- Ice rinks for skating and Bavarian curling
- Two grass areas for football, another is planned
- WM Halle with 8 indoor tennis courts and 4 outside courts
- Seefeld Tennis Club with 6 clay courts
- Golf courses: Seefeld-Reith Golf Club (9 hole, par 70) and Panorama golf course of am Geigenbühel, an 18-hole course in Wildmoos (Telfs)
- 266 km waymarked running and Nordic walking routes
- 570 km of cycling and mountain bike routes
- Beach volleyball court
- Two riding halls with outdoor riding paddocks
- Fitness studio
Notable events
- Ski jumping held in Innsbruck
References
- "Nordic Competence centre". www.seefeld.com. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- Homologations: Seefeld (AUT) auf fis-ski.com