Trampoline Dauphine

When Grenoble was chosen as the capital of the 1968 Winter Olympics , in Saint-Nizier-du-Mouchrot, sheltered from the wind and with a beautiful view of Grenoble, it was decided to build a large ski jump K90 for the upcoming competitions (a normal springboard was built in Otran ^{[ 1]} ).

Its construction began in the summer of 1966. The exterior of the springboard was designed by architect Pierre Dallos, and its profile is by German architect Haney Klopfer. And already in January 1967, before the completion of all work, the first competitions were held at it, during training jumps at which athletes showed results in the region of 112 meters. The springboard was finally ready in the summer of 1967. The construction cost amounted to 5.9 million francs and was paid by the French state (80%) and the city of Grenoble (20%).

During the Olympics, there was a ski jumping competition . It took place on February 18 in the presence of 70 thousand spectators and ended with the victory of the Soviet athlete Vladimir Belousov ^[2] , which remains the only Olympic award in the history of Soviet / Russian ski jumping.

In the 1970s, it was reconstructed with an increase in power to K112, but it was hardly used not only for international, but even local competitions. Only twice took the stages of the Ski Jumping World Cup - February 9 and 10, 1980 and February 28, 1981. The stage in 1982 was canceled due to lack of snow.

The springboard has been abandoned since 1990 when the former mayor of Saint-Nizier-du-Mouchrot decided to stop its maintenance after the construction of the Olympic springboard in Courchevel , which held competitions at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and all subsequent jumping tournaments. The costs of dismantling or repair during the study were estimated to be too high and over time, the condition of the foundation began to deteriorate and is now being destroyed.

• Tremplin du Dauphiné at skisprungschanzen.com
• 1968 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 92-98.