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Wojciech Fortuna
Born
(1952-08-06) 6 August 1952 (age 71) Zakopane, Poland
Height
1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Ski club
Wisła-Gwardia Zakopane
Personal best
132.0 m (Planica, 1972)
World Cup career
Seasons
1962–1975
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Representing Poland
Olympic Games
1972 Sapporo
Individual large hill
Updated on 31 January 2020.
Copy of W. Fortuna medal and autograph in Alei Gwiazd Sportu w Dziwnowie
Wojciech Fortuna (born 6 August 1952) is a Polish former ski jumper who won the Olympic gold medal in the Large Hill at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. In the Normal Hill he finished 6th. The Gold Medal was Poland's first – and the only gold until Vancouver 2010 – in the Winter Olympics history. Four time participant of the Four Hills Tournament, with his best ranking was during the XXI edition, achieving 18th place.[1]
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of slalom skier Francisco Fernández Ochoa. Poland did the same with WojciechFortuna winning the large hill ski jumping competition. American female speedskaters...
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result would persist as the country's best for the next 20 years. WojciechFortuna of Poland won the ski jumping's large hill (90 m) event, while Spain's...
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Louis Walsh, Irish music producer, reality TV show judge August 6 – WojciechFortuna, Polish ski jumper August 8 – Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author August...
was the first ever Winter Olympic gold medalist for Japan, while WojciechFortuna was the first ever Winter gold medalist for Poland. Sixteen nations...
Polish football player Małgorzata Dydek — Polish basketball player WojciechFortuna — Polish ski jumper Kazimierz Górski — Polish football coach (Grand...
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Games. It was Poland's first Olympic ski jumping gold medal since WojciechFortuna won the large hill at the 1972 Olympics. While competing, he wore a...
toczy Wojciech Surmacz, Forbes, 28.03.2012 “Zamoyscy byli najbogatszym rodem arystokratycznym w Polsce“ Fortuna Zamoyskich kołem się toczy Wojciech Surmacz...
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