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Peter Riedel
Managing Director
Since over 16 years I have been CEO at Metallbau & Sportstechnologie, a leading company in the development, production and distribution of specialized sports technology. Our focus is on take-off track systems used worldwide at FIS World Cup ski jumps, mobile ski jumps for the Nachwuchs, handmade Alpine skis and winches, hoisting and pulling systems. With my team I have successfully implemented numerous projects in different countries while maintaining the highest quality and safety standards.
Focus areas
- Diplom-Ingenieur in Hochbau
- Certified crane expert
- Innovative and customized customer solutions
- Sports technology
- Management
Publications
Latest posts
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A somewhat different birthday
Today I turn 63. Actually a day to look back on what has been accomplished with gratitude and to look forward with joy.
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One last 'Ski Heil' from ASC Oberwiesenthal for my father
After my father Eberhard was laid to rest in a close family circle about a month ago, his long-time companions and friends from alpine skiing also had the opportunity to bid him farewell in Oberwiesenthal last weekend.
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“Ebs” has found his final rest
Now the time has come. My father Eberhard Riedel has embarked on his final journey and after today's farewell and burial has found his final rest.
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Obituary for my father, Eberhard Riedel
It is incredibly hard for me to say goodbye to my father, Eberhard Riedel. He passed away peacefully yesterday Easter Sunday after a brief serious illness at the age of 88.
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Ski Jump Taxi Riedel on the road!
When you travel as much as I do, there are some real coincidences. Just like what happened to me today.
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Ready for the museum!
Oslo is always worth a trip! And since I happen to be here professionally this weekend—my team and I are responsible for the track maintenance at the World Cup—it’s always worth a visit to the legendary Skimuseum at Holmenkollen.
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Eberhard Riedel turns 88 – A look back at a life full of activity
Today my father Eberhard Riedel is celebrating his 88th birthday — a special occasion to look back on an extraordinary life.
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Back with passion for the New Year’s jump
I’m standing up here again in Partenkirchen, and every time I let my gaze wander over the hill, it feels a bit like coming home. I’ve missed the past few years – the joy of being back at the New Year Jump this year and being able to take on the piste supervision is all the greater.
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Merry Christmas!
Dear business partners, employees, companions, and friends, an intense but also extremely successful year is drawing to a close for us. In 2025 we were fortunate to have many great and exciting projects in metal and steel construction in addition to our jump and sports technology orders, and this year in Turkey as well…
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Season start on the Fichtelberg canceled
Climate change affects Oberwiesenthal, the spa town, particularly sensitively.
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Misunderstandings clarified: Why mail never arrived for years
A sincere apology to all companies, partners, acquaintances, and friends whose posts have not reached me since 2010 due to repeated misunderstandings.
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A fire bowl for Micha
Better late than never, I was finally able to hand over Michael Drevenstedt his fire basket. The backstory is actually quite simple.
- Sports Technology
Thank you Erzurum!
After more than a month of construction in the eastern Turkish city of Erzurum, our first project in the Middle East is finally completed! In the largest city of Eastern Anatolia, a strong landslide occurred at the beginning of January 2019, destroying the then state-of-the-art ski jumping facility in just thirty seconds.
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Special championships in Saalfelden
Yesterday, Sunday, the Austrian championships in ski jumping and Nordic combined took place in Saalfelden. Many are surely wondering why I’m posting this here now.
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Ceremonial tribute to 70 years of alpine competitive sport
Last night we revived a piece of Alpine history
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We are on Wikipedia!
We proudly announce: Peter Riedel now has his own entry on Wikipedia. On the page you will find all important information about his person, his entrepreneurial activities, and his commitment in international winter sports – especially in the ski jumping sector.
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Natural disasters also spare ski jumping hills!
While our projects are mainly in the Central European region, our next construction site is something quite special geographically. It is so to speak our first assignment in the Middle East, more precisely in the city of Erzurum in Turkey.
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70 years of high-performance sport in Oberwiesenthal
The Oberwiesenthal sports scene has plenty to celebrate at the moment.
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If one travels…
then he may have something to declare for customs! :-D Guess who visited us yesterday?
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Black Forest, take two!
Our next project took us this week to the beautiful Black Forest. When you come to the tranquil town of Baiersbronn, you initially have no idea what a great jumping hill complex stands here.
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We produce sustainably now!
Peter Riedel GmbH takes another step toward sustainability. That we as a company think very sustainably and have been acting as a flagship operation in this sector for years has already been demonstrated in several projects.
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Pöhla and the bricks
Next Wednesday the kick-off of the newly launched FESA 3 Hills Tour takes place in Pöhla. Even though the era ends with the end of FIS women's jumping after 20 years, I am extremely excited that something is happening in my region ski-jumping-wise again.
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Thank you very much for your congratulations!
Many, many thanks to everyone who thought of me on my special day! I was very happy to hear from each and every one of you!
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Start shot for 100-year celebrations
This weekend marked the launch of the 100-year celebrations of the Oberwiesenthal traditional cafe König. The Czech-German partnership club was a guest, used the weekend for a joint excursion, and pitched tents at Cafe König.
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The game with the cards
Who would have thought that elements of football would be introduced into ski jumping? I certainly didn’t.
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Great 150th anniversary celebration of the fire department
What a great celebration that was! Unfortunately I could only experience it from afar, but from what I heard from a few people, it was a really wonderful anniversary celebration.
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Proud partner of the Oberwiesenthal Volunteer Fire Department!
The volunteer fire department Oberwiesenthal is celebrating its 150th anniversary! If that isn’t a reason to celebrate.
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Rehab, the second act!
With full momentum I checked in yesterday here in Bad Wiessee at the Medical Park St. Hubertus.
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Hundred-thousand service succeeded!
With your own body is like with a car. After a certain mileage it needs a bit more care and the occasional spare part.
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Trondheim2025 – World Championship in perpetual rain
Now several days have passed since the Nordic Ski WM in Trondheim ended and I’m finally sitting down to put my thoughts on paper. If I had to pick a sentence as an opening it would probably be “What a World Championship, what Norwegian water games!
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Warm congratulations Selina!
We would like to sincerely congratulate our brand ambassador Selina Freitag on a successful World Championship! Two silver medals in the individual and a bronze in the team are truly commendable, hats off to your performance!
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Happy Birthday Dad!
For our family, Valentine’s Day is always a very special day. Besides bringing joy to loved ones, there is a very important person in my life who has a birthday.
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Quo Vadis Fichtelberg?
What has been practiced for years internationally in many ski resorts is now also coming to Oberwiesenthal. The talk is about the gradual sale of our ski resort, the Fichtelberg.
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That was the Hahnenkammrennen 2025
What a wonderful week in Kitzbühel. Naturally I followed the invitation of the Kitzbühel Ski Club to the Hahnenkamm races.
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What we recently got up to...
Things have been quite quiet here lately. Admittedly, there has been little activity in the ski jumping area recently due to my knee surgery.
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Chapeau Team Austria!
What a Four Hills Tournament that was! Never in the history of the tour was a nation as dominant as the Austrians this year.
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Sigrid Riedel takes command
Exciting times lie ahead for me. Not only is winter just beginning in earnest and the first major projects are waiting for us.
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Another year comes to an end
A good and very successful year 2024 ends for me and my employees. This year we were lucky to execute many great and exciting projects in metal and steel construction and winch technology besides our ski jump orders.
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ÖSV contract extended!
We are proud to announce today that Peter Riedel GmbH and the Austrian Ski Association have extended their long-standing, very successful collaboration until 2027. The agreement primarily covers the test track in Ramsau am Dachstein, which we have been operating together since 2013 and into which a lot of energy and heart has flowed.
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From metalworker to journalist
Over the years I developed, beside my profession as a metalworker and hill constructor, another passion—the writer and journalist in me. I love tackling multi-layered topics and examining them meticulously from several angles.
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Where you don’t meet everyone in Trondheim!
Early September I was in Trondheim for a few final tasks. I meet many people at the hills every day, but I was especially looking forward to this last meeting.
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Statement on the S.K.I insolvency
As this topic has been coming up more and more in recent days and more people are asking me about it, I’d like to comment here. As the ski jumping scene has long since known, the ski jump producer SKI is in financial trouble.
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Eberhard Riedel named an honorary citizen in Lauter
Today, Thursday, Eberhard Riedel was awarded honorary citizenship by his birthplace Lauter. What a great honor for my father; in Saxony it is the highest honor one can receive!
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Ladies' Alpine Cup in Pöhla coming up
This coming weekend, an Alpine Cup for ski jumping ladies will take place in Pöhla. Incredible how well this event has developed.
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Third Saalfelden trail is ahead!
Now even the last tracking module from our house in Saalfelden has been laid! After renovating the two smaller hills in 2021, we have now made a big step toward completion on the largest hill in Saalfelden, HS 85.
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400 years Tellerhäuser – but why actually 400?
With the 400-year local anniversary, it’s a bit of a thing. Strictly speaking, the 400-year celebration of Tellerhäuser should already have taken place two years ago.
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Further education is essential!
It is for us almost one of the most important topics of all, even if it is often neglected. Further education!
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Happy Easter! Happy Easter! God påske!
I wish all our friends, business partners, customers and employees a happy Easter! Take some time for yourselves and enjoy the days.
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Thanks to all employees for a successful winter season 2023/24!
What a season that passed! We were basically covered with work from the start to the end of the season.
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Noriaki - the true hero of ski jumping
I was really so incredibly delighted to have met Noriaki Kasai again at Holmenkollen after many years. The last time we met was in Sapporo, when Noriaki personally jumped the two hills in Sapporo and Miyanomori after the renovation.
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Thanks for this year - we’re done!
What a cool and exciting Raw-Air that was! It had pretty much everything, from largely good weather to storms and precipitation, from new world records to crashes.
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What a coincidence
What a coincidence, the world is small! I’m strolling through the lobby of Scandic Holmenkollen Park Hotels, and who do I run into?
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The somewhat different leap into the new year
We actually wanted to take a quieter approach at the turn of the year. After a few fine days at home with the family, off to our almost traditional first assignment of the new year—the New Year’s Jump in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
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Merry Christmas!
Dear business partners, employees, companions and friends, one of the most intense but also very successful years for us is slowly coming to an end. This year we were fortunate to implement many great and exciting things in the steel construction division, even beyond our sports technology contracts.
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Dangerous self-modifications!
By now I’ve been in the business for almost 20 years and have seen quite a bit. There have always been facility operators who build, convert, and repair things on their own.
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Legendary gathering in Harrachov
If a total of 14 world champions, 10 world record holders and 18 Olympic medalists come together, then one can undoubtedly speak of a gathering of legends. This weekend in Harrachov bore that out.
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Eberhard Riedel Honorary Citizen of Oberwiesenthal!
During a ceremonial event on the market square in Oberwiesenthal, my father Eberhard Riedel was awarded honorary citizenship of the town of Kurort Oberwiesenthal yesterday, Sunday. What an honor!
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From carpenter to CEO - Peter Riedel turns sixty!
Whether as a ski racer, carpenter, engineer, inventor, designer, patent holder, author, expert, husband, father – Peter Riedel has realized many a project and carried out many a task in his life so far. It’s hard to believe that all this fits into one life and that the native Oberwiesenthaler today enters his second thirtieth…
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Welcome to Peter Riedel Gmbh!
- A medium-sized company introduces itself - We are YOUR partner when it comes to metal construction, steel construction, statics, design, cooling technology, and sports technology! -> Heavy Metal is not just a music genre for us!
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A compliment from the greatest in the ski jumping world
What positive feedback and praise can accomplish - I can tell you, for me it was like balm for the soul! Receiving sincere praise from the scene's superstars is very cool and sadly increasingly rare nowadays.
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The world record for eternity?
Who among us still remembers Stefan Kraft’s ski flying world record of 253.5 meters in Vikersund 2017? Back then Stefan glided an incredible 253.5 meters; never has a ski jumper flown farther than the affable Salzburg native.
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Trondheim 2025 - our biggest project in moving images so far
The greatest project in the history of Peter Riedel GmbH is completed. In a record build time of only 70 days, we assembled two complete ski-jump constructions in Granasen/Trondheim with six workers.
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On the occasion of the 85th birthday
When you see him like this, it’s hard to believe. He still wagges like a “young one” down the Fichtelberg, is sporty active as well as physically and mentally fit.
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Big race weekend ahead!
World Cup track maintenance for the women in Hinterzarten, track maintenance at Kulm for the ski flying competition, and at the same time tour guide for a 45-person tour group from the Ore Mountains — such a monster program is only possible with a superb team! Already on Sunday, two employees of Peter Riedel GmbH traveled to Kulm to inspect the track…
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Trip to Kulm - Peter Riedel again becomes tour guide
The second trip to Kulm from 27th to 30th.
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Collaboration with Bergisel extended!
Punctually before the Four Hills Tournament at Innsbruck takes place, we were able to extend the collaboration with Bergisel. Lying in the heart of Tyrol, Bergisel is more than just a ski jump.
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Program tip in MDR Sachsenspiegel
Program tip! If you’re free the evening after tomorrow, the 2nd.
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Merry Christmas!
Dear business partners, friends, employees, colleagues and companions, Christmas is known to be the quiet time of year. And I must honestly say, after a year like 2022, I can really use some quiet now.
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Tusen Takk Trondheim!
65 days of pure construction time, 44 tons of steel, 1.5 years of preparation. These are the key figures of our biggest project so far, which we officially completed yesterday! It concerns the reconstruction of the hill complex in Trondheim, which, on the occasion of the Nordic Ski World Championship 2025, received a radical rejuvenation.
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A thought for the moment...
The current situation is anything but easy for ski jump operators. The energy costs for snowmaking, lighting, building operation costs, cooling, etc.
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Tradition visit of the ÖSV team at Cafe König
Anyone who knows me knows that I always strive to cultivate and continually expand my relationships with the international ski associations as best as possible. This even leads to genuine partnerships and friendships from time to time.
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Ski jump hill problem in Pöhla: We Erzgebirgers stick together!
With FIS inspections, it’s one of those things. To paraphrase Tom Hanks - They’re like a box of chocolates: You never know what you’re going to get.
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Member of the network of the Norsk-Tysk Chamber of Commerce!
After our intensive business relationships that we have maintained for years with numerous projects in Norway, we are now looking forward to taking the next (logical) step. Peter Riedel GmbH recently became a member of the bilateral network of members of the German-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce.
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No steel edges on our approach tracks!
I want to take this opportunity to inform all ski and ski jumping fans, athletes, and hill operators once again of an important note! STEEL RIMS have NO PLACE on our porcelain approach tracks!
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Oberstdorf – our first hill in the Allgäu!
I was quite surprised when I received an email from the ski stadium operator in Oberstdorf inviting me to a technical exchange of views in Oberstdorf. I immediately got in the car and drove toward the Allgäu.
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Welcome to Oslo!
The view from the historic Holmenkollen over Oslo is already unique. Each time it fills me with great joy to let my gaze wander from the ramp across the hill and over the city.
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Vikersund – it’s going to be world championship level!
It will be world-class again for Peter Riedel GmbH! After the Nordic Ski World Championship 2019 in Innsbruck/Seefeld and two Ski Flying World Championships, we may again, and thus for the fourth time in total, be part of World Championships.
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15 years Peter Riedel - 100 hills!
With the start of the new year, it was time for us to look back. Look back on a very positive business year on the one hand.
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Back on the ski jumping front
- Two years of ski jumping abstinence - Two years during which I personally was not at a World Cup on site - Two years during which I had to oversee and coordinate the fortunes from the company headquarters. One can imagine how great the joy was for my World Cup comeback this weekend in Zakopane! Together with my team we were for the…
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The Olympic House - a place where you simply have to feel comfortable!
Garmisch and ski jumping simply belong together! For 13 years now we have been right in the middle of the New Year’s Jump, not just along for the ride.
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Merry Christmas!
Another very special, very demanding year 2021 is slowly coming to an end. I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all my national and international business partners, companions, winter sport friends, and of course my employees for the past year.
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Café König - A traditional business with a love for sport
That sport unites people is well known. Since 1925 Cafe König has stood in a prime location in the spa town of Oberwiesenthal, almost a century now!
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On the fast track!
After a corona-related very quiet phase, things are slowly starting to move again for us too. To be ideal for future challenges (and there are quite a few!).
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Surcharge for the Nordic Ski World Championship 2025 in Trondheim!
Peter Riedel GmbH once again mixes at the forefront of Nordic ski jumping. The Raschau-based company has managed to secure a major and internationally significant contract by building the hill complex in Trondheim (NOR), which will be completely rebuilt as part of the Nordic World Ski Championships 2025.
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Delayed start to the 69th Vierschanzentournee 2020/2021
The kick-off of the Four Hills Tournament is complete! The jumping in Oberstdorf traditionally signals the first season highlight for the ski jumpers, the tournament.
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Merry Christmas 2020!
A very special, very demanding and by no means ordinary year 2020 is slowly drawing to a close. I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all business partners, employees, companions, and winter sports enthusiasts for the past year!
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Assignments from home are especially motivating!
These are indeed difficult times we are living in. We must stay at home, may not see friends and family - let alone travel abroad.
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Start into a special season
The wait is over! At last, the kick-off for the Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined World Cup in Ruka is at the door!
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Our snowman is moving soon!
For almost two years now, a winter sports monument of a somewhat different kind has adorned the townscape of Tellerhäuser in the Erzgebirge. A 3.7 meter high snowman made of stainless steel, lovingly crafted by the metal construction and stainless steel smithy of Peter Riedel GmbH.
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We’re done!
With the cancellation of the upcoming ski jumping competitions, we also have to end the 19/20 season earlier than expected. We are currently on the way home from Norway, which is not easy in the current situation.
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ÖSV reception at Cafe König
Last night Peter Riedel had the ÖSV delegation of this year’s Junior World Championship at the Cafe König in the Ortszentrum of Oberwiesenthal. It is a great honor for both Riedel and the ÖSV, and they share a good partnership and joint projects.
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The track is set!
With the tireless effort of many voluntary helpers, we have today prepared the launch ramp for this year’s Junior World Championship in Oberwiesenthal to be jump-ready! A big thanks goes to the entire hill crew, the town, the mayor of Oberwiesenthal and the carpentry company Arenz for their commitment, without which this would not be possible.
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Sustainable - Eco-friendly - Certified
For all those involved in winter sports, low temperatures and snow represent an important, if not almost the most essential, foundation for existence. Not only for this reason is it our concern to ensure and protect it in the future as well.
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Saxon guest at the Kulm
If this weekend the stars of the ski jumping world leap to maximum distances at Kulm in Bad Mitterndorf, there will also be a small but fine delegation from the Erzgebirge right in the thick of it! Peter Riedel and Lang Reisen from Schwarzenberg make it possible.
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Proud sponsor of the Wäldercup!
Yesterday evening in Egg in the Bregenz Forest, under floodlights, one of Vorarlberg's largest junior ski jumping events took place. The event was held at the Junkerau and is the kickoff event of the 'Wäldercups', a three-part junior ski jumping series.
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Invitation to the Sachsen Sports Gala
Yesterday, Saturday, the Saxon Sports Gala 2020 took place at the Congress Center in Dresden. The who's who of Saxon sports world and politics gathered, and for the first time I also had the time and opportunity to attend the gala.
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It’s Tournee o’clock!
Here we go again—the days around the turn of the year when the entire ski jumping world looks with anticipation to the Bavarian-Austrian Alps. The Four Hills Tournament is just around the corner, and the best ski jumpers in the world compete for the coveted Golden Eagle!
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Merry Christmas!
We wish all business partners, winter sports enthusiasts and companions MERRY CHRISTMAS and a wonderful celebration with family!
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Ramsau - a cool affair at the foot of the Dachstein
A project of a completely new kind was realized by Peter Riedel and his team in Ramsau am Dachstein. For what it’s exactly about, see him in the video!
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THANKS Wolfgang!
With the start of the 19/20 winter season, Peter Riedel GmbH also embarks into the future with a personnel change. Wolfgang Riedel will leave the company after 12 years and retire to a well-deserved rest.
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Press release for Forum Nordicum 2019
Dear Sir or Madam, dear participants of Forum Nordicums 2019, dear Nordic family! On the occasion of Forum Nordicums 2019, we would like to present to you the current company news from the past months.
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With Peter Riedel and Lang Reisen to the Kulm for ski jumping
Two local Erzgebirge companies are joining forces! This coming winter it will be possible for the first time to travel with Lang-Reisen and Peter Riedel to the Ski Flying World Cup at Kulm in Austria.
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Peter Riedel GmbH and Franz-Josef Rehrl – a combination that soars
A strong partnership is taking off to new heights! Peter Riedel Sports Technology is proud to announce the extension of the partnership with Nordic combined athlete Franz-Josef Rehrl.
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High visit in our “holy halls”
Just before the start of this year’s Summer Grand Prix, which traditionally Kickoffs in Oberwiesenthal, I received a high-level visit at my company! The FIS Race Director of Nordic Combined, Lasse Ottesen, and his assistant Jan Rune Grave paid a visit to me and my team and inquired about new projects that are currently...
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THANKS for the congratulations!
Thank you very much for your kind birthday wishes from near and far! I was really happy about every single one!
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Money from patent dispute flows into the Nachwuchs! (Note: 'Nachwuchs' often translates to 'youth development' or 'new generation' - adjusted for clarity)
Almost three years ago, a court ruled that the landing track of the HS60 jump at Oberstdorf infringed a patent owned by Peter Riedel UG.
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My homeland
In recent months I have traveled to a variety of countries. I have had the opportunity to get to know the country and its people, gain many impressions, and experience the beauty and yet the peculiarities of foreign cultures.
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Merry Christmas!
We wish all business partners, friends, employees and companions a Merry Christmas! Enjoy the days off in the circle of your family and friends.
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Book recommendation: 30 ski jump towers of the world
Deep winter, snowfall, cold. High time for a cup of tea in front of the warm fireplace and a good book!
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Contract extended!
Peter Riedel GmbH has extended its contract with the Austrian ski association for another 5 years. Until 2023, Peter Riedel GmbH will provide the ÖSV with important track components and the track milling machine for the test slope in Ramsau am Dachstein.
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“Jump” is once again very popular
Yesterday, Tuesday, the Ring Kino Schwarzenberg hosted the second screening of 'Jump - the most beautiful ski jumping hills in the world' in front of 200 visitors. The audience saw stunning footage of selected ski jumps, which in this form were shown on a large screen for only the second time.
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Nordic Forum in Seefeld 2018
This year once again the Peter Riedel Sports Technology was honored to present company innovations at the Forum Nordicum in Seefeld. Since Willingen 2017 a lot has happened at Peter Riedel GmbH, and when Thorsten Vonwege sent us the invitation to this year's Forum, we were happy to follow.
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Press information Forum Nordicum Seefeld 2018
Ladies and gentlemen, dear participants of Forum Nordicums 2018, dear Nordic family! On the occasion of Forum Nordicums 2018, we would like to send you this press release with the latest company news.
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Peter Riedel expands sports sponsorship
That supporting the Nachwuchs (youth development) is of particular importance to Peter Riedel is well known in the ski jumping scene. Since last year, the sports technology company has also expanded its sponsorship activities to elite sports.
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Riedel Spur in the oldest ski museum in the world
A very special honor has now been granted to a development from the Peter Riedel family. An element of the Master-Track launch ramp has been on display since early September in the world’s most important ski museum at Holmenkollen in Oslo.
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First mobile LED system for ski jumping hills
A few weeks before the start of the winter season, Peter Riedel GmbH announces another innovative development for the Ski Jump World Cup. This is the world's first mobile LED lighting system for ski jumping hills.
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Children's Four-Hins Tour Final in Hinzenbach
Today, Saturday, the fourth stop and thus the final of the Children's Four Hill Tour took place in Hinzenbach, Upper Austria. 106 enthusiastic children from 4 nations traveled to Hinzenbach to jump for the tour victory in the best autumn weather.
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"The most beautiful ski jumping hills in the world"
Peter Riedel - 'The World’s Most Beautiful Ski Jumping Hills' - Cinema Premiere The world's most beautiful ski jumping hills are fascinating, technical masterpieces of winter sports. Peter Riedel knows them all inside out.
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Movie premiere “The World’s Most Beautiful Ski Jumping Hills”
Successful “Jump” - premiere Yesterday Tuesday the cinema premiere of “Jump - the most beautiful ski jumping hills in the world” took place at Ring Kino Schwarzenberg before a sold-out crowd. The numerous attendees were treated to wonderful footage of selected ski jumping hills, shown on a big screen for the first time in this way…
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Day 5 - 51st FIS Congress in Costa Navarino (Greece)
World Championships as opportunities and showcases The 51st FIS Congress ends today, Friday, in Costa Navarino (Greece), and the takeaway for my company could not be more positive.
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Day 4 - 51st FIS Congress in Costa Navarino (Greece)
The Nordic skiers and the social networks Akito Watabe, Willi Denifl, Lukas Runggaldier, Günter Csar, Hans-Peter Pohl, Takanori Kono, Bernhard Gruber, Mario Seidl, Jason Lamy Chappuis, Mario Stecher, Bill Demong or Eric Frenzel – this is just a dozen names of current or former Nordic combined athletes with whom I am friends on Facebook…
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Day 3 - 51st FIS Congress in Costa Navarino (Greece)
The sessions of the International Ski Federation's Ski Jumping Committee may not be among the most exciting moments of my professional career, but certainly among the most important. Twice a year, the sport's highest body gathers to discuss proposals developed by various sub-committees and to…
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Day 1 & Day 2 - 51st FIS Congress in Costa Navarino (Greece)
While the first committee meetings at the 51st FIS Congress in Costa Navarino (Greece) have already taken place or are currently underway, the candidates for the 2023 World Championships presented themselves to the delegates and other congress participants.
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Dear employees, athletes, partners and friends,
A dynamic, emotional, and somehow crazy year is coming to an end for me at these days. I spent 273 days in the air, in hotels, or in the car to devote myself to what I do best: equipping the ski jumps of this world with the most modern take-off tracks.
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Patent dispute about club track resolved
The patent dispute with Skisport- und Veranstaltungs GmbH Oberstdorf, ongoing since November of last year, has been resolved. In the oral hearing regarding the patent infringement case between Peter Riedel Patent UG and Skisport- und Veranstaltungs GmbH Oberstdorf, the 21.
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Peter Riedel GmbH starts the new World Cup season
After the successful World Cup opener of the ski jumpers last weekend in Wisla (POL), the Olympic season begins for cross-country skiers and Nordic combined athletes this Thursday at the large Nordic Opening in Ruka (FIN). The Ruka weekend is traditionally also the starting shot for Peter Riedel and his team into a long winter season.
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Peter Riedel makes it into the royal box and into Norwegian primetime
There is a first time for everything. As soon as the installation work at the famous Holmenkollbakken began, Peter Riedel was invited to the famous Royal Box on Wednesday.
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Anniversary party on the Bergisel
There was no room for superstition today on Friday the 13th in Innsbruck.
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Willi Denifl starts the Olympic season highly motivated with a new sponsor
Willi Denifl proudly presents his current company car, on which all his sporting supporters are also shown. Since this summer, the Peter Riedel GmbH logo is part of it, because the Erzggebirge-based starting-pules manufacturer now supports Austrian Nordic Combined as a sponsor.
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Spectacular finale of the international Children's Four-Hour Jump Tour
David Gruber and his association, SC Bischofshofen, were the big winners of the closing jump of this year’s International Children’s Four Hills Tournament last Saturday in Berchtesgaden. In the K8 class, David secured his fourth win in four jumps, achieving what only Sven Hannawald had managed among the 'greats' so far.
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District administrator Frank Vogel praises the work of Peter Riedel GmbH during a two-hour visit
District Commissioner Frank Vogel visited yesterday the company and plant grounds of Peter Riedel GmbH. During his two-hour visit, he took ample time to learn about the background of the work of the medium-sized company and to be informed about the ongoing projects.
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Three jumps, three wins – five junior jumpers on the success path
Three jumps, three wins – this Saturday five junior jumpers enter the great final of this year’s international Junior Four Hills Tour with the maximum score of 300. Katharina Gruber (UVB Hinzenbach, AUT, – Girls I), Christina Halla (SC Wiener Stadtadler, AUT, – Girls II), Nikolai Holzer (WSV Oberaudorf, GER, – Boys…
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Children's Four-Hour Tour in Reit im Winkl
After the summer break, the Kinder-Vier-Schanzentournee moves to the next round this Saturday, September 16, 2017, in Reit im Winkl.
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Peter Riedel directs the shoot for his new image trailer
Since spring, Peter Riedel GmbH has been presented in a new look. The modern and dynamic re-branding should be carried outward not only through company cars, brochures and posters, but also through a new image trailer.
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Peter Riedel GmbH enters competitive sports as a sponsor
After the company has supported winter sports Nachwuchs in recent years, the Erzgebirge Peter Riedel GmbH now extends its sponsorship activities to competitive sports. From mid-August, the alpine combined athlete Willi Denifl is supported by the track-marking manufacturer as a sponsor.
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Trondheim brings rock concerts to the hill – model for other places
35,000 spectators watched on the 1.
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Peter Riedel GmbH and ÖSV aim for closer cooperation
The World Cup opener in Ruka was not only a successful start to the season for Peter Riedel GmbH, but also an important step in the continued collaboration with the Austrian Ski Federation. While the world's best ski jumpers and Nordic combined athletes jumped for the best distances on the newly laid run-up track in Finland, they tinkered…
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Season start 2016/17
TELLERHÄUSER – The anticipation grows. When at the end of the week in Kuusamo, Finland, the ski jumpers start their this year’s winter season, Peter Riedel will have long left his warm couch in Tellerhäuser in the Ore Mountains and will stand at the hill in Finland come wind or weather.
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Peter Riedel steps down as President of the WSC
Tellerhäuser – Almost three successful years are behind him, but now Peter Riedel, the incumbent president of WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal, had to make the difficult decision to step down from his honorary office. The reason for this decision was mainly the difficult compatibility of the presidency with his day job in the…
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FIS awards opening event of the Summer Grand Prix again to Oberwiesenthal
ZURICH – The International Ski Federation FIS today announced at its meeting in Zurich that Oberwiesenthal will again host the kickoff of the Summer Grand Prix of Nordic Combined. The start of the summer series is on the 18th.
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Children’s Four Hills Tournament finished - main sponsor already secures support for the coming year
HINZENBACH - This year's edition of the Nordic Combined Children's Tour, held in Austria and Germany, successfully concluded last Saturday in Berchtesgaden. Previously, the four-part series paused in Hinzenbach, Bischofshofen, and Reit im Winkl.
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Patent dispute over association jumps settled
RASCHAU – The patent dispute with Kurt Walter that began last November has been settled. Three weeks before the court date, Mr. Walter and Peter Riedel GmbH agreed to discontinue the counterfeit product.
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Successful winter sports weekend in scorching heat at Fichtelberg
OBERWIESENTHAL - For the second year in a row, not only the organizers but also the athletes and fans on the Fichtelberg had great weather luck: winter sports under 30°C heat and sun, which made the Summer Grand Prix of Nordic Combined in Oberwiesenthal possible to conduct and observe – in connection with the…
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Peter Riedel GmbH represented in Cancun
For the 50th time the FIS Congress is currently meeting – this year the gathering takes place in an exotic location: Cancun welcomes the representatives of the International Ski Federation under the Mexican sun.
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Dear employees, partners, friends, and athletes – THANK YOU!
The time has returned again when it really pays to say thank you. And I don’t mean just the Christmas and year-end season, but in our industry especially the winter season.
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Peter Riedel GmbH supports EYOF 2015
Finally, the moment has arrived! As a longtime and loyal partner of the Austrian Ski Federation, Peter Riedel GmbH is greatly pleased that the first highlight of the current international sports year is being held in Austria.
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Son of the former Adelboden winner wishes Neureuther only the best
Last year Felix Neureuther matched the old record by Eberhard Riedel in Adelboden. Until Neureuther’s success, it was the DDR Alpine starter from Oberwiesenthal who for 53 years held the only German victory in Adelboden, and he processed this experience in the 2013 book “Traces of Success.”
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Thanks to partners, employees, friends and athletes
A successful year lies behind Peter Riedel GmbH, and once again as managing director I can only say THANK YOU!
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WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal elects a new president
OBERWIESENTHAL – WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal appointed a new president on Friday, December 12, 2014, for its current approx.
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Economy and Innovation—Entrepreneurial Spirit—Peter Riedel
International success traces from Saxony: Peter Riedel GmbH, specialist sports technology from the Ore Mountains. www.
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Peter Riedel Sports Technology relies on handmade Alpine skis
With the Fichtelberg at the doorstep and the family history in the background, this development was probably quite natural: Peter Riedel Sports Technology will in the future focus on its own alpine ski production. Handcrafted, of course.
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Image film Summer Grand Prix will be presented on Wednesday in Wiesenthal K3
RASCHAU – A successful summer Nordic combined Grand Prix is behind Oberwiesenthal and, as always, pictures say more than a thousand words. Under the leadership of WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal and the town of Oberwiesenthal, an image film was created to present Germany's highest town via the summer Grand Prix in a…
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Peter Riedel GmbH briefed the technical delegates on the Olympiaplane in Partenkirchen
PARTENKIRCHEN 19. 10.
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Peter Riedel GmbH supports Ulrike Gräßler
RASCHAU – After global innovations regarding start tracks and involvement in the Summer Grand Prix in Oberwiesenthal, Peter Riedel GmbH from Raschau in the Ore Mountains is now also active in the athlete sector—with the support of ski jumper Ulrike Gräßler as a sponsor. “It was important to me not only to support athletes on the…
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Festive opening of the Cultural Center “Wiesenthaler K3” in Oberweisenthal
OBERWIESENTHAL - When on Friday, September 12, 2014, the currently largest construction project in Oberwiesenthal, the Kulturzentrum “Wiesenthaler K3”, is ceremoniously opened, we also capture a piece of Oberwiesenthal winter sports forever.
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Austrian NoKo team is convinced of K4 hill
OBERWIESENTHAL – The collaboration of the Austrian Ski Association with Peter Riedel GmbH from Raschau bears fruit not only for the ski jumpers, also the Nordic Combined athletes benefit from Riedel's modern take-off tracks and the cooperation with the ÖSV. In the run-up to the Summer Grand Prix in Oberwiesenthal at the end of August, they let…
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SGP 2014: We say thanks!
Thank you, thank you, thank you - to everyone who supported me and my team in the preparation and execution of SGP 2014 here in Oberwiesenthal. It was a great event with new paths and new standards that we set together!
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Peter Riedel GmbH supports the women's horn-blade team from Kurort Oberwiesenthal
Those who travel far often consider home to be the most important. After years of continual international involvement in ski jumping hills, Peter Riedel GmbH will in this year intensify its focus on projects in the home Erzgebirge.
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Oberwiesenthal hopes for numerous visitors to the Summer Grand Prix
Next week it finally starts with the Summer Grand Prix of Nordic Combined in Oberwiesenthal! Preparations in the town at the Fichtelberg are in full swing and it is now also certain that all top winter athletes will converge in Oberwiesenthal.
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Travel diary from Barcelona Day 6: Thanks Spain – off to Mexico!
BARCELONA, June 7, 2014 – The 49.
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Diary from Barcelona Day 5 – The official supplier of the Austrian Ski Association is happy about it!
BARCELONA, June 6, 2014 – So it is Seefeld where the Nordic World Ski Championship 2019 will be held.
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Diary from Barcelona Day 4: Tomba “La Bomba” as “Ebs” Riedel 34 years earlier
BARCELONA, June 5, 2014 – The Italian Alberto Tomba (born 1966) won four giant slalom World Cup titles in Alta Badia – only one in Adelboden, and that one on the 4th.
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Diary from Barcelona Day 3: More tapas - Nice talks with the competition - Presentation at the combiners
BARCELONA, June 4, 2014 - “Spanish with Peter” this time at the start.
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Diary from Barcelona Day 2 - The king steps down, the New Year Jump is extended, and there is applause!
BARCELONA, June 3, 2014 – The King of Spain resigns.
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Diary from Barcelona Day 1 – almost here already, a lot has happened!
BARCELONA, June 2, 2014 – The journey from Dresden to Barcelona went smoothly and aquí estoy yo, here I am!
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Father-Son Story on MDR television
Eberhard and Peter Riedel on February 23, 2014 in the MDR program “Sagenhaft - The Ore Mountains”
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Germany's next attempt at Riedel's masterpiece
On Saturday, January 11, it will be time again: the men’s giant slalom at Adelboden in Switzerland is on the FIS World Cup Alpine Skiing program.
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Peter Riedel GmbH looks positively at 2014
Peter Riedel GmbH invested in 2014 in research and development of its launch snow system. Eight worldwide projects were successfully completed in 2013. Technical advancement as well as energy efficiency are the focus. RAPID VIEW – After Peter Riedel GmbH from Raschau/Erz. still in early December handed over three new jumps in Sapporo and Zao…
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Eddie the Eagle delights at the New Year ski jumping
Eddie the Eagle – when you hear that name, you are reminded fondly of times when the Olympic ideal stood at the very top. At least for that intrepid British ski jumper who flew into the hearts of the ski jumping fans in Calgary in 1988.
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Test run with an interesting past
RASCHAU/RAMSAU, November 23 – The test track of the Austrian Ski Association continues to make headlines: What Peter Riedel GmbH has put together in a short time consistently attracts interest and enthusiasm in the international ski jumping scene.
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Uvarov and Riedel celebrate new slopes and a new book
RASCHAU/MOSCAU, September 26, 2013.
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“Thanks to all our partners!”
Partnership with the Austrian Ski Association. Joint youth work with the German Ski Association.
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March on the Riedel trail
The large ski jump in Trondheim was the first 'World Cup project' of Peter Riedel GmbH, the take-off traces in Nischny Tagil had been laid in record-building times a few weeks earlier.
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Nordic combined athletes rave about Riedel track in Chaux-Neuve
RASCHAU, January 14, 2013 – The FIS World Cup of Nordic combined was completely in German hands this weekend in Chaux-Neuve, France: On Saturday Tino Edelmann triumphed, on Sunday in the team sprint the Edelmann/Eric Frenzel duo won.
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and a milling machine
The Four Hills Tournament is decided in the approach as well, says Peter Riedel Peter Riedel, in a few days the 61st Four Hills Tournament will begin, and for this competition series you have a special relationship due to the host location Garmisch-Partenkirchen.