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Raw Air is a series of ski jumping competitions in ski jumping and ski flying in venues across Norway, taking place starting from the 2016–17 season. Founded by Arne Åbråten, it is organized as part of the FIS World Cup.

Raw Air
Genreski jumping
ski flying
Location(s)Norway Oslo (5 rounds)
Norway Lillehammer (3 rounds)
Norway Trondheim (3 rounds)
Norway Vikersund (5 rounds)
Inaugurated10 March 2017 (Men)
9 March 2019 (Women)
FounderArne Åbråten
Organised byInternational Ski Federation

Competition

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Prize money

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Winner 2nd 3rd
Men's[1] €60,000 €30,000 €10,000
Women's[2] €35,000 €15,000 €5,000

Locations

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Men's competition will be held on four different ski jumping hills in this order: Oslo (Holmenkollbakken), Lillehammer (Lysgårdsbakken), Trondheim (Granåsen) and Vikersund (Vikersundbakken).

Women's competition will be held on three hills other than Vikersund.

Format

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The competition will last for ten days in a row, with no break and 10 events with total of 16 rounds from individual events, team events and qualifications (prologues):

Men Women
Events Rounds Events Rounds
Individual 4 8 (4x2) 3 6 (3x2)
Qualifications 4 4 (4x1) 3 3 (3x1)
Team 2 4 (2x2) 0 0
Total 10 16 6 9

Hosts

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Hill records

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# Image Name Location Hill record
1   Holmenkollbakken Oslo 144.0 m (472 ft)
  Robert Johansson
2   Lysgårdsbakken Lillehammer 146.0 m (479 ft)
  Simon Ammann
3   Granåsen Trondheim 146.0 m (479 ft)
  Kamil Stoch
4   Vikersundbakken Vikersund 253.5 m (832 ft)
  Stefan Kraft

Edition

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Year Date Winner Second Third Rounds
2017 10–19 March     Stefan Kraft   Kamil Stoch   Andreas Wellinger 14/16
2018 9–18 March     Kamil Stoch   Robert Johansson   Andreas Stjernen 16/16
2019 8–17 March     Ryōyū Kobayashi   Stefan Kraft   Robert Johansson 15/16
2020 6–11 March     Kamil Stoch   Ryōyū Kobayashi   Marius Lindvik 9/16
2022 2–6 March     Stefan Kraft   Karl Geiger   Ryōyū Kobayashi 9/9
2023 10–19 March     Halvor Egner Granerud   Stefan Kraft   Anže Lanišek 18/18

Women

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Year Date Winner Second Third Rounds
2019 9–14 March     Maren Lundby   Katharina Althaus   Juliane Seyfarth 9/9
2020 7–11 March     Maren Lundby   Silje Opseth   Eva Pinkelnig 7/9
2022 2–6 March     Nika Križnar   Sara Takanashi   Urša Bogataj 12/12
2023 10–19 March     Ema Klinec   Katharina Althaus   Selina Freitag 14/14

References

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  1. ^ "RAW AIR: 10 days Ski Jumping on the edge". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  2. ^ "RAW AIR: Extra prize money also for the ladies". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 15 March 2019.