About Rudi Gering
Lived 1917 – 1998 (aged 80–81). Rudi Gering was a German ski jumper and athlete.
Rudi Gering (1917–1998) was a German ski jumper. He was born in Thüringen in Germany and died somewhere in Bavaria.
Career On 2 March 1941 he set two world records on Ski Flying Study week competition in Planica. On legendary hill called Bloudkova velikanka he jumped 108 and 118 meters.
He was the first German world record holder and first person in history who jumped two times over 100 meters line ever. He helped at the construction of Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze in Oberstdorf together with Heini Klopfer, Sepp Weiler and Toni Brutscher.
Ski jumping world records
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Who was Rudi Gering?
ski jumper
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Rudi Gering was born in 1917 in Thuringia.
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Rudi Gering died in 1998 in Bavaria.
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Rudi Gering was a ski jumper and athlete.
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Rudi Gering was German.
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