Four Hills Tournament: Turkish ski jumper causes sensation

Created: 12/30/2021, 2:55 PM

From: Christoph Klaucke

Ski jumper Fatih Arda Ipcioglu will compete in the Four Hills Tournament for Turkey.

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A Turkish ski jumper will also take part in the Four Hills Tournament.

Fatih Arda Ipcioglu is writing winter sports history for Turkey.

Oberstdorf - The opening jump in the

did not go as hoped for the DSV-Adler.

Top favorite Karl Geiger had to settle for fifth place in his home game on the Schattenbergschanze in Oberstdorf on Wednesday afternoon.

Severin Freund, who lives in Munich, was disqualified because of the size of his suit.

While frustration prevails in the German camp after the unsuccessful start, another team, which is not exactly known as a winter sports nation, achieved something historical.

scored his

with 29th place

" he cheered euphorically on ARD.

Four Hills Tournament: Turkish ski jumper Fatih Arda Ipcioglu achieves a mega sensation

After his flight into the

 , the

overwhelmed.

“I'm really happy to have made history again.

Like many times before, "said the 24-year-old SID and laughed.

"It's the first World Cup points for a Turkish ski jumper,"

said Ipcioglu about his 29th place in Oberstdorf, which gave him two points.

“It is actually very good that we have made history again.” In 2017/18 Ipcioglu was the first Turk to take part in the Four Hills Tournament, but failed to qualify.

said Ipcioglu, who jumped 120 and 109 meters on the Schattenbergschanze.

The Turks are coming.

Fatih Arda Ipcioglu

Four Hills Tournament: Turkish pioneer in ski jumping

Ipcioglu is a pioneer in his homeland.

He was the first Turk to qualify for a World Cup at the season opener in Nizhny Tagil.

In Oberstdorf he made it

with a jump of 120 meters in the knockout duel against the Russian Daniil Sadrejew

“That was a surprise for me.

Now I'm a little tired because there is already a lot of action, ”said Ipcioglu.

After a day of rest, the New Year's jump awaits in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday.

Now he will contest the entire tour with his team colleague Muhammet Irfan Cintimar.

Fatih Arda Ipcioglu is considered a pioneer in Turkish ski jumping.

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Four Hills Tournament: Turkish ski jumper Ipcioglu is already thinking of the next goal

At the moment of his greatest success, Ipcioglu was also thinking of the

.

“I saw that little boys in Turkey watch and want to be like me.

That means that in a few years there will be new Turkish ski jumpers and will represent our country better than me, ”he said.

In February

again , like in Pyeongchang in 2018 when he was the

.

“We don't go there to get medals.

But for us these are still important games, ”said Ipcioglu.