Jože Šlibar Explained

Jože Šlibar
Birth Date:	18 March 1934
Birth Place:	Kovor, Drava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Personalbest:	141m (463feet) Oberstdorf, West Germany (24 February 1961)

Jože Šlibar (born 18 March 1934) is a Yugoslav former ski jumper.

Career

On 24 February 1961, he set the ski jumping world record at 141 metres (463 ft) in Oberstdorf, West Germany, which he held and shared for the next three years together with Peter Lesser and Kjell Sjöberg.^{[1] [2] [3]}

It was Yugoslav record until 1969. His best performance at Four Hills Tournament in 1959/60 was 14th place overall. In 1962 he performed at World Championships in Zakopane where he took 31st place at normal and 47th place at large hill.^{[4] [5]} In 2012 he was inducted into Slovenian Athletes Hall of Fame which was founded one year earlier.^[6]

Four Hills Tournament

Overall standings

Season	Rank	Points
	14th	801.1
	40th	731.7
	55th	558.4

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nov svetovni rekord - 141 metrov Jožeta Šlibarja! (page 1). Delo. 25 February 1961. sl.
2. Web site: Jože Šlibar - Oberstdorf 1961 - 141 m - World record. YouTube. 24 February 1961.
3. Web site: Our Guest: Jože Šlibar, Ex World Record Holder. Ognjišče. 31 March 2020.
4. Egon Theiner: Enzyklopädie des Skispringens, S. 159
5. Egon Theiner: Enzyklopädie des Skispringens, S. 160
6. Web site: Slovene Athletes Got Their Hall of Fame. Slovenske novice. 31 March 2020.