Piotr Fijas

Piotr Wladyslaw Fijas (* June 27, 1958 in Bielsko -Biała) is a former Polish ski jumper and today's ski jumping coach.

Career

Piotr Fijas began as a teenager with the ski jumping in his home club Włókniarz BBTS Bielsko -Biała. His first coach was the participants of the Olympic Winter Games 1952 Jakub Węgrzynkiewicz. As a 18 -year-old he was appointed to the Polish national team in 1976, but failed to qualify for the Olympic Games in Innsbruck itself. His first major championship was the 1978 Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, Finland. On the large hill he reached the 18th place in his first World Cup.

Fijas took to Poland three times at the Olympics in part: Lake Placid 1980, Sarajevo 1984, Calgary 1988 Olympic His biggest success was the 7th place on the normal hill in 1984 in Sarajevo.. After the Games in Calgary in 1988, he had to end his career due to injury. Overall, he won three World Cup competitions.

However, his biggest successes did not reach Fijas on the jumps, but on flying hills. In 1979 he won the bronze medal at the Ski Flying World Championships in Planica. In 1987, he flew also in Planica Ski Flying 194 m new world record. This world record held seven years.

Currently, Fijas assistant coach of the Polish national team.

Achievements

World Cup wins

World Cup rankings

Trivia

Fijas ' record-breaking jump was indeed recognized as a world record, but at the time of the jump does not match the actual length of 194 m, but 191 m. The FIS has then "frozen" the ski flying world record at 191 meters, because she believed so to prevent hazards associated with wide- hunting. It was not until some years later, the width has also been officially recognized by 194 m.