Rafał Śliż
Rafał Śliż ( born July 11, 1983 in Wisła) is a Polish ski jumper.
Career
Śliż, which began as a Nordic skier and then specialized for ski jumping, jumps for the KS Wisła Ustronianka from Ustroń. At the club he is coached by Jan Szturc.
In March 2003 Śliż was. Szczyrk before Janusz Zygmuntowicz and Daniel Bachleda Polish national champion in the Nordic combined, with its strengths in the jump came to light In the 2003 /04 season Śliż moved over to the camp of the Springer. In the 2005 Universiade in Innsbruck, the student came in seventh place. In the season 2005/ 06 Śliż occupied at the Continental eighth place in the overall standings. He celebrated his biggest success with the participation in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where he finished in 43rd place on the large hill. On the way home World Cup in Zakopane he could erspringen as Thirteenth his best individual result on 16 January 2009. On March 10, 2010, succeeded Śliż in Kuusamo first time after more than a year to win a Continental Cup competitions, after he had previously jumped several times on the podium. At the beginning of the 2010/11 season pass him several good rankings so that it then in the Four Hills Tournament 2010/11 for the first time took part in January 2011 in Innsbruck again qualifying for a World Cup competition. In Bischofshofen, he managed to jump into the competition, where he finished in 47th place at the end. In Sapporo he could win World Cup points 16 January 2011 for the first time since 2009. In the Polish Championships in February 2011, he finished behind Kamil Stoch and Tomasz Byrt third place in singles.