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| Places | Slovenia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia Croatia | ||
| was | Engineer Architect Civil engineer | ||
| Work field | Engineering | ||
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| Birth | 4 January 1925, Ljubljana, Slovenia | ||
| Death | 14 June 1997Ljubljana, Slovenia (aged 72 years) | ||
| Star sign | Capricorn | ||
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Vlado Gorišek, known as Lado Gorišek (4 January 1925 – 14 June 1997), was a Slovenian civil engineer, constructor, and architect.
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His works were mainly constructions of ski jumping and ski flying hills worldwide. His best-known work is the Gorišek Brothers Ski Flying Hill (Letalnica bratov Gorišek) in Planica, Slovenia, which is currently the world's second-largest ski flying hill. He oversaw its construction together with his brother Janez Gorišek.