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| Adam Małysz |
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| Personal information |
| Full name |
Adam Małysz |
| Date of birth |
3 December 1977 (1977-12-03) (age 32) |
| Place of birth |
Wisła, Poland |
| Height |
5' 6" (1.70 m) |
| Professional information |
| Club |
KS Wisła Ustronianka |
| Skis |
Fischer |
| Personal best |
225 m |
| World Cup |
| Seasons |
1995– |
| Wins |
38 |
| Other podiums |
45 |
| Total podiums |
83 |
Infobox last updated on:
12 March 2010 |
Adam Małysz [ˈadam ˈmawɨʂ] (
listen) (born 3 December 1977) is a Polish ski jumper born and still living in the town of Wisła in southern Poland. Małysz is considered to be one of the best and most successful ski jumpers of all time, winning 38 World Cup competitions, with only Finn Matti Nykänen having won more (46). Małysz is the only ski jumper ever to win the World Cup 4 times (equalling the result of Matti Nykänen) and 3 times in a row. He has also won the most titles in the history of the individual World Championships.
Career
Małysz's career began in 1995. For two consecutive seasons, he was moderately successful in Ski Jumping World Cup (7th and 10th in the overall standings respectively). He re-emerged in the 2000/01 season when he won the Four Hills Tournament and the world championship in individual normal hill while finishing second in individual large hill. 2002 saw Małysz claim silver in individual large hill and bronze in individual normal hill at the Salt Lake City Olympic Games. At the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Małysz took the silver in Normal Hill Individual Event and won another silver in the individual large hill. In 2003, he won both world championships titles and added another Ski Jumping World Cup (his third). Four years later, in 2007, he surprised his competitors with a streak of wins at the end of the season, including the world championship and overtook the young Norwegian Anders Jacobsen in World Cup standings, achieving his fourth victory and equalling Matti Nykänen's record of winning the World Cup four times.
His success contributed to his enormous popularity not only among ski jumping fans but throughout Poland as well. Most of all, he has won three World Cups in a row, which was an unprecedented achievement. In Poland, there still are thousands of his supporters. Additionally, Małysz is the only five-time winner of the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival (1996, 2001, 2003, 2006 and 2007). He earned the Holmenkollen medal in 2001 for his ski jumping victories (shared with Bente Skari and Thomas Alsgaard).
For his sporting achievements, he received the Order of Polonia Restituta:
Officer's Cross (4th Class) in 2002
Commander's Cross (3rd Class) in 2007.
World Cup
Wins
Oslo/Holmenkollen – 17 March 1996
Sapporo – 18 January 1997
Hakuba – 26 January 1997
Innsbruck – 4 January 2001
Bischofshofen – 6 January 2001
Harrachov (HS 205) – 13 January 2001
Harrachov (HS 205) – 14 January 2001
Salt Lake City – 20 January 2001
Sapporo – 27 January 2001
Sapporo – 28 January 2001
Willingen – 4 February 2001
Falun – 7 March 2001
Trondheim – 9 March 2001
Oslo/Holmenkollen – 11 March 2001
Kuopio – 23 November 2001
Titisee-Neustadt – 1 December 2001
Villach – 8 December 2001
Engelberg – 16 December 2001
Val di Fiemme/Predazzo – 21 December 2001
Val di Fiemme/Predazzo – 22 December 2001
Zakopane – 20 January 2002
Oslo/Holmenkollen – 9 March 2003
Lahti – 14 March 2003
Lahti – 15 March 2003
Harrachov (HS 142) – 11 December 2004
Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf – 16 January 2005
Zakopane – 29 January 2005, tied with Roar Ljøkelsøy
Zakopane – 30 January 2005
Oslo/Holmenkollen – 12 March 2006
Oberstdorf (HS 137) – 27 January 2007
Titisee-Neustadt – 3 February 2007
Titisee-Neustadt – 4 February 2007
Lahti – 11 March 2007
Kuopio – 13 March 2007
Oslo/Holmenkollen – 17 March 2007
Planica (letalnica, HS 215) – 23 March 2007
Planica (letalnica, HS 215) – 24 March 2007
Planica (letalnica, HS 215) – 25 March 2007
Total Podiums
Iron Mountain – February 18, 1996 (2. place)
Lahti – March 1, 1996 (3. place ex-aequo with Primož Peterka)
Falun – March 13, 1996 (2. place)
Oslo/Holmenkollen – March 17, 1996 (1. place)
Bischofshofen – January 6, 1997 (2. place)
Engelberg – January 11, 1997 (3. place)
Sapporo – January 18, 1997 (1. place)
Hakuba – January 26, 1997 (1. place)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen – January 1, 2001 (3. place)
Innsbruck – January 4, 2001 (1. place)
Bischofshofen – January 6, 2001 (1. place)
Harrachov (HS 205) – January 13, 2001 (1. place)
Harrachov (HS 205) – January 14, 2001 (1. place)
Salt Lake City – January 20, 2001 (1. place)
Sapporo – January 27, 2001(1. place)
Sapporo – January 28, 2001 (1. place)
Willingen – February 3, 2001 (2. place)
Willingen – February 4, 2001 (1. place)
Oberstdorf (HS 213) – March 4, 2001 (2. place)
Falun – March 7, 2001 (1. place)
Trondheim/Granasen – March 9, 2001 (1. place)
Oslo/Holmenkollen – March 11, 2001 (1. place)
Kuopio – November 23, 2001 (1. place)
Kuopio – November 24, 2001 (2. place)
Titisee-Neustadt – December 1, 2001 (1. place)
Titisee-Neustadt – December 2, 2001 (2. place)
Villach – December 8, 2001 (1. place)
Engelberg – December 16, 2001 (1. place)
Val di Fiemme/Predazzo – December 21, 2001 (1. place)
Val di Fiemme/Predazzo – December 22, 2001 (1. place)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen – January 1, 2002 (3. place)
Innsbruck – January 4, 2002 (2. place)
Zakopane – January 20, 2002 (1. place)
Lahti – March 1, 2002 (2. place)
Trondheim – March 15, 2002 (2. place)
Oslo/Holmenkollen – March 17, 2002 (3. place)
Kuusamo – November 29 2002 (2. place)
Titisee-Neustadt – December 14 2002 (3. place)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen – January 1, 2003 (2. place ex-aequo with Andreas Goldberger)
Zakopane – January 18, 2003 (3. place)
Zakopane – January 19, 2003 (3. place)
Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf – February 1, 2003 (3. place)
Oslo/Holmenkollen – March 9, 2003 (1. place)
Lahti – March 14, 2003 (1. place)
Lahti – March 15, 2003 (1. place)
Planica (letalnica, HS215) – March 22, 2003 (2. place)
Kuusamo – November 28, 2003 (2. place)
Kuusamo – November 30, 2003 (2. place)
Zakopane – January 17, 2004(2. place)
Zakopane – January 18, 2004 (2. place)
Harrachov (HS 142) – December 11, 2004 (1. place)
Oberstdorf (HS 137) – December 29, 2004 (3. place)
Innsbruck – January 3, 2005 (2. place)
Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf – January 15, 2005 (3. place)
Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf – January 16, 2005 (1. place)
Titisee-Neustadt – January 23, 2005 (2. place)
Zakopane – January 29, 2005 (1. place ex-aequo with Roar Ljøkelsøy)
Zakopane – January 30, 2005 (1. place)
Kuopio – March 9, 2005 (3. place ex-aequo with Jakub Janda)
Kuopio – March 7, 2006 (3. place)
Oslo/Holmenkollen – March 12, 2006 (1. place)
Lillehammer – December 3, 2006 (3. place)
Engelberg – December 16, 2006 (3. place)
Oberstdorf (HS 137) – December 30, 2006 (3. place)
Oberstdorf (HS 137) – January 27, 2007 (1. place)
Titisee-Neustadt (HS 142) – February 3, 2007 (1. place)
Titisee-Neustadt (HS 142) – February 4, 2007 (1. place)
Klingenthal – February 7, 2007 (3. place)
Lahti (HS 130) – March 11, 2007 (1. place)
Kuopio (HS 127) – March 13, 2007 (1. place)
Oslo/Holmenkollen (HS 128) – March 17, 2007 (1. place)
Planica (letalnica, HS215) – March 23, 2007 (1. place)
Planica (letalnica, HS215) – March 24, 2007 (1. place)
Planica (letalnica, HS215) – March 25, 2007 (1. place)
Kuopio/Puijo – March 10, 2009 (3. place)
Planica (letalnica, HS215) – March 20, 2009 (2. place)
Planica (letalnica, HS215) – March 22, 2009 (2. place)
Lillehammer – December 5, 2009 (3. place)
Klingenthal – February 3, 2010 (2. place)
Lahti (HS 130) – March 7, 2010 (2. place)
Kuopio (HS 127) – March 9, 2010 (2. place)
Lillehammer – March 12, 2010 (3. place)
Oslo/Holmenkollen – March 14, 2010 (2. place)
Personal life
He is married to Izabela and has one daughter, Karolina. His life motto is "Be good and just" and his idol is former German ski jumper Jens Weißflog.
References
| Holmenkollen medal |
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