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Piotr Żyła
Polish ski jumper (born 1987) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Piotr Paweł Żyła (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpjɔtr ˈʐɨwa]; born 16 January 1987) is a Polish ski jumper. He is a member of the national team and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He is the 2021 and 2023 World Champion on the normal hill, a bronze medalist of 2017 World Championships in individual large hill event, 2017 World Champion and a two-time World Championship bronze medalist (2013, 2015) and in the team large hill event, also the two time Ski Flying World Championships bronze medalist in team (2018, 2020).
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![]() Żyła at the FIS Summer Grand Prix in Hinzenbach, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1987-01-16) 16 January 1987 (age 37) Cieszyn, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ski club | KS Wisła Ustronianka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best | 248 m (814 ft) Planica, 24 March 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 2004– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starts | 372 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 18 May 2024. |
Żyła held the Polish record (together with Kamil Stoch) for ski flight length (232.5 m) from 26 January 2013 to 21 March 2015, when Kamil Stoch attained 238 m at Letalnica bratov Gorišek. Żyła was the holder of the Polish national distance record with a jump of 245.5 m (805 ft) at the Vikersund ski flying hill from 18 March 2017 during team competition to 25 March 2017.