Piotr Żyła
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| Full name | Piotr Żyła | |||||||||||||||||||||
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16 January 1987 Cieszyn, Poland |
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| Ski club | KS Wisla Ustronianka | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best |
245.5 m (805 ft) Vikersund, 18 Mar 2017 |
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| Seasons | 2004– | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual wins | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Team wins | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Team podiums | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 186 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Piotr 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 a bronze medalist of 2017 World Championships in individual large hill event and a two-time World Championship bronze medalist (2013, 2015) and 2017 World Champion in the team large hill event.
Żyła held the Polish record (together with ) for ski flight length (232.5 m) from January 26, 2013 to March 21, 2015, when attained 238 m at Letalnica bratov Gorišek. Żyła was a holder the Polish national distance record with a jump of 245.5 m (805 ft) an the Vikersund ski flying hill from March 18, 2017 during team competition to March 25, 2017.
Piotr Żyła was born in Cieszyn, Poland. He graduated Sports Championships School in Zakopane, where his friend from class was . In 2006 he married Justyna Lazar, who is Adam Małysz's cousin. Piotr and Justyna have two children: son Jakub (born 2007) and daughter Karolina (born 2012).
Żyła jumped on skis for the first time when he was eight years old. On December 26, 2006 he debuted in the Continental Cup at St. Moritz. The first points in this series were won on January 14, 2005 in Sapporo, when he was 19th. At the World Junior Championships he was 14th, while the team won the silver medal. On January 21 in Sapporo, he got a chance to debut in the World Cup. In his first start, he scored points (19th place). A day later, again, the last time in the season, he was in the top 30. On February 4 he won the Continental Cup in Villach. In the 2006/2007 season he scored points in the World Cup four times. The highest place was the 19th in Titisee-Neustadt. He started well in the world championships. In the individual competition, he was 35th and 42nd. In the team competition, the Polish team was 5th.
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