Piotr Żyła

Piotr Paweł 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, 2017 World Champion and a two-time World Championship bronze medalist (2013, 2015) and in the team large hill event, also the two time Ski Flying World Championships bronze medalist in team (2018, 2020).

Piotr Żyła
Żyła at the FIS Summer Grand Prix in Hinzenbach, 2016
Country Poland
Full namePiotr Żyła
Born (1987-01-16) 16 January 1987
Cieszyn, Poland
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Ski clubKS Wisła Ustronianka
Personal best248 m (814 ft)
Planica, 24 March 2019
World Cup career
Seasons2004–
Individual wins2
Team wins6
Indiv. podiums17
Team podiums23
Indiv. starts276
Medal record
World Championships
2017 LahtiTeam LH
2013 Val di FiemmeTeam LH
2015 FalunTeam LH
2017 LahtiIndividual LH
Ski Flying World Championships
2018 OberstdorfTeam
2020 PlanicaTeam
Updated on 29 January 2021.

Żyła held the Polish record (together with Kamil Stoch) for ski flight length (232.5 m) from 26 January 2013 to 21 March 2015, when Kamil Stoch attained 238 m at Letalnica bratov Gorišek. Żyła was the holder of the Polish national distance record with a jump of 245.5 m (805 ft) at the Vikersund ski flying hill from 18 March 2017 during team competition to 25 March 2017.

Personal life

Piotr Żyła was born in Cieszyn, Poland. He graduated Sports Championships School in Zakopane, where his classmate was Kamil Stoch. In 2006 he married Justyna Lazar, who is Adam Małysz's cousin. Piotr and Justyna have two children: son Jakub (born 2007), who is training ski jumping, and daughter Karolina (born 2012).[1] In November 2018 they divorced.[2]

Career
Piotr Żyła's longest jump in career (new record of Poland) in Vikersund.
Team competition in Val di Fiemme 2013
Medal ceremony after winning bronze medal in Val di Fiemme with Polish team: Maciej Kot, Kamil Stoch and Dawid Kubacki.

2006/2007

Żyła jumped on skis for the first time when he was eight years old. On 26 December 2004 he debuted in the Continental Cup at St. Moritz. The first points in this series were won on 14 January 2005 in Sapporo, when he was 19th. At the World Junior Championships he was 14th, while the team won the silver medal. On 21 January 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 4 February 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.

2007/2008

In the season 2007/2008 he scored points just in Zakopane, Poland. He was 29th twice.

2010/2011

Training with coach Jan Szturc at the club meant that he attained better results in the Continental Cup. On 21 January in Zakopane was 21st and he repeated this result on 13 February at the ski flying hill in Vikersund. On 29 January 2011 he stood on the podium in the team competition in Willingen. He also starred in the World Championships. He finished at 19th and 21st place individually, and fourth and fifth in team.

2011/2012

In the season 2011/2012 Żyła returned to the team A. In the general classification beginning the summer season competitions Lotus Poland Tour finished on last – 57th place. In the event of the Summer Grand Prix 2011 in Hakuba finished on second place twice. On 17 September at Wielka Krokiew has won the bronze medal in Polish Championship, after jumping a distance of 126.5 m and 118.5 m. After taking 4th place in the Summer Grand Prix in Klingenthal he had the fifth position in the general classification of the Summer Grand Prix 2011.

2012/2013

On 4 December 2011 for the first time he was ranked in the top 10. He was 7th in Lillehammer. He started in the World Cup Ski Flying in Vikersund. Individually he was 33rd, Polish team took 7th place. On 26 January 2013 he became the Polish record holder (together with Kamil Stoch) in the length of the ski flight (232.5 m). In the season 2012/2013 the first World Cup points scored until the seventh start, taking 30th place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. On 9 January 2013 in Wisla took 6th place. He repeated this result in Vikersund on 26 January and 13 February in Klingenthal. In individual competitions at FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 took 23 place on the normal hill and 19th on the large hill. On 2 March 2013 he won there a bronze medal in team competition with teammates: Kamil Stoch, Maciej Kot, Dawid Kubacki.[3] The primary outcome of the competition his team took fourth place, but after re-counting the scores because of Thomas Morgenstern, who noticed a mistake in points and at the request of the Germans, they finished in third place (Norway was in front of the Polish, but Bardal's jump was badly counted).[4] On 17 March 2013 annually ex aequo with Gregor Schlierenzauer won the World Cup in Oslo. It was his first podium of his career. He was the fifth in the history of Polish ski jumper after Stanisław Bobak, Piotr Fijas, Adam Małysz and Kamil Stoch, who won the World Cup competition. A week later, the penultimate competition of the season ranked third in the ski flying hill in Planica.

2014/2015

He took part in the World Championships 2015 in Falun, Sweden. He was 33rd on normal hill (K-90) and 9th in the competition on the large hill Lugnet (K-120). On 28 February 2015 Polish team in squad: Żyła, Kamil Stoch, Klemens Murańka and Jan Ziobro achieved bronze medal of World Championships 2015 in team.[5] For Żyła, this was the second bronze of World Championships in team.

Żyła on the podium of the 2016–17 Four Hills Tournament.

2016/2017

On 3 December 2016 Polish national team including Żyła, Stoch, Kubacki and Kot won first competition in team for Poland in history.[6] Żyła took part in 2016–17 Four Hills Tournament and finished 2nd in overall rankings, losing only to Stoch.[7][8]

In Zakopane Polish team, including Stoch, Kubacki, Kot, Żyła achieved second place in team competition. On 28 January 2017 Poland won their second team competition in history in Willingen.[9]

On 4 March 2017 Polish national team, including Żyła, Kubacki, Kot and Stoch, achieved first in history title of 2017 World Champions in team event. They beat Norway and Austria at Salpausselkä K116 in Lahti, Finland.[10][11]

2017/2018

On 21 January 2018 coach Horngacher officially appointed Żyła to 2018 Winter Olympics.[12] In the last competition before the Olympic Games, Żyła took 3rd place behind Stoch and Forfang. It was his fourth individual podium in career.[13]

Despite his presence on 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, he had the weakest results from Polish team in trainings before both competitions on normal and large hills. Therefore, he was not in any competition and in the team that won the bronze medal.

Olympic Games
Place Day Year Locality Hill Point K HS Competition Jump 1 Jump 2 Note (points) Lost (points) Winner
34. 15 February 2014 Krasnaya Polyana RusSki Gorki K-125 HS-140 individual 118.0 m - 108.7 170.0 Kamil Stoch
4. 17 February 2014 Krasnaya Polyana RusSki Gorki K-125 HS-140 team 121.0 m 132.0 m 1011.8 (233.5) 29.3 Germany

World Championships
Place Day Year Locality Hill Point K HS Competition Jump 1 Jump 2 Note (points) Loss (points) Winner
35. 24 February 2007 Sapporo Ōkurayama K-120 HS-134 individual 103 m — 76.9 189.2 Simon Ammann
5. 25 February 2007 Sapporo Ōkurayama K-120 HS-134 team 115 m 111.5 m 857.2 (194.7) 143 Austria
42. 3 March 2007 Sapporo Miyanomori K-90 HS-98 individual 86.5 m — 104 173 Adam Małysz
19. 26 February 2011 Oslo Midtstubakken K-95 HS-106 individual 93.5 m 96 m 224 45.2 Thomas Morgenstern
4. 27 February 2011 Oslo Midtstubakken K-95 HS-106 team 98 m 101 m 953 (235.6) 72.5 Austria
21. 3 March 2011 Oslo Holmenkollbakken K-120 HS-134 individual 121 m 124.5 m 232.9 43.6 Gregor Schlierenzauer
5. 5 March 2011 Oslo Holmenkollbakken K-120 HS-134 team 127 m — 435.6 (118) 64.4 Austria
23. 23 February 2013 Predazzo Trampolino Dal Ben K-95 HS-106 individual 95.5 m 95 m 220.1 32.5 Anders Bardal
19. 28 February 2013 Predazzo Trampolino Dal Ben K-120 HS-134 individual 124.0 m 126.5 m 268.1 27.7 Kamil Stoch
3. 2 March 2013 Predazzo Trampolino Dal Ben K-120 HS-134 team 122.0 m 126.0 m 1121.0 (270.6) 14.9 Austria
33. 21 February 2015 Falun Lugnet K-90 HS-100 individual 89.5 m — 101.1 151.6 Rune Velta
9. 26 February 2015 Falun Lugnet K-120 HS-134 individual 123.0 m 121.5 m 229.8 38.9 Severin Freund
3. 28 February 2015 Falun Lugnet K-120 HS-134 team 123.0 123.0 848.1 (216.2) 44.5 Norway
19. 25 February 2017 Lahti Salpausselkä K-90 HS-97 individual 91.5 m 94.0 m 240.2 30.6 Stefan Kraft
3. 2 March 2017 Lahti Salpausselkä K-116 HS-130 individual 127.5 m 131.0 m 276.7 2.6 Stefan Kraft
1. 4 March 2017 Lahti Salpausselkä K-116 HS-130 team 130,5 m 123,0 m 1104.2 (271.7) — —
19. 23 February 2019 Innsbruck Bergisel K-120 HS-130 individual 128.5 m 121.0 m 228.7 50.7 Markus Eisenbichler
4. 24 February 2019 Innsbruck Bergisel K-120 HS-130 team 121.5 m 119.5 m 909.1 (227.4) 78.4 Germany
33. 1 March 2019 Seefeld Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze K-99 HS-109 individual 90.5 m — 82.1 136.2 Dawid Kubacki

Ski Flying World Championships
Place Day Year Locality Hill Point K HS Competition Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 3 Jump 4 Note (points) Loss (points) Winner
— 22–23 February 2008 Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K-185 HS-213 individual 165.0 m — — — 145.0 — Gregor Schlierenzauer
10. 24 February 2008 Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K-185 HS-213 team 168.0 m — 573.8 (150.1) 979.5 Austria
33. 24–25 February 2012 Vikersund Vikersundbakken K-195 HS-225 individual 168.0 m — — — 133.8 274.9 Robert Kranjec
7. 26 February 2012 Vikersund Vikersundbakken K-195 HS-225 team 223.5 m 232.5 m 1444.5 (424.7) 203.9 Austria
17. 19–20 January 2018 Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K-200 HS-235 individual 190.0 m 183.5 m 198.5 m — 525.8 126.1 Daniel Andre Tande
3. 21 January 2018 Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K-200 HS-235 team 212.5 m 204.0 m 1592.1 (382.0) 70.1 Norway
7. 11–12 December 2020 Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek K-200 HS-240 individual 221.5 m 224.5 m 227.0 m 224.5 m 828.6 48.6 Karl Geiger
3. 13 December 2020 Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek K-200 HS-240 team 226.0 m 234.0 m 1665.5 (431.6) 62.2 Norway

World Cup

Season standings
Season Overall Ski-Flying Four Hills Tournament Raw Air Willingen Five Planica7 Titisee-Neustadt Five
2005–06 51 N/A — N/A N/A N/A N/A
2006–07 55 N/A — N/A N/A N/A N/A
2007–08 — N/A — N/A N/A N/A N/A
2008–09 81 — 40 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2009–10 — — — N/A N/A N/A N/A
2010–11 54 38 — N/A N/A N/A N/A
2011–12 19 23 39 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2012–13 15 8 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2013–14 20 19 34 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2014–15 19 11 19 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2015–16 35 23 64 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2016–17 11 10 2 14 N/A N/A N/A
2017–18 16 22 15 18 9 26 N/A
2018–19 4 3 19 17 2 4 N/A
2019–20 11 3 14 17 32 — 8
2020–21 5 4

Individual starts
Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Points
2005/06 23
– – – – – – – – – – – 19 20 47 q – – – – – q –
2006/07 34
32 – q – – – – – – – q – – 42 19 20 – 27 q 24 33 q q –
2007/08 0
44 – – – – 47 q – – – – – – – q q 38 45 – – – 49 49 q 45 39 –
2008/09 4
– – – – – 44 q 34 41 46 36 – – 29 29 q – 38 – – – – – – – – –
2009/10 0
q q 42 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
2010/11 37
– – – – – – – – – – – – – 31 26 21 32 31 31 46 27 31 21 28 26 –
2011/12 267
19 11 7 19 25 16 42 36 28 q 43 17 22 16 18 13 30 44 42 26 28 10 44 7 24 21
2012/13 485
36 43 48 – – 36 37 31 30 22 30 6 18 26 22 6 10 22 13 6 – 12 15 9 1 3 5
2013/14 343
5 23 26 6 12 15 6 11 24 q – 21 15 24 12 19 – – 22 32 37 q q 24 12 32 20 13
2014/15 474
14 17 24 33 15 10 46 24 15 26 17 13 33 8 29 27 16 11 23 14 9 18 12 15 18 10 20 6 8 41 10
2015/16 89
39 33 40 19 17 45 42 48 – – – – 40 – – – 18 34 12 35 46 16 48 39 18 40 42 q –
2016/17 634
17 11 20 16 30 20 9 7 6 7 3 7 11 6 10 9 8 10 12 27 18 9 23 23 7 11
2017/18 403
7 11 10 16 19 10 7 25 25 14 23 17 28 13 3 16 19 14 12 12 q 27
2018/19 1131
6 3 5 2 3 2 2 6 11 42 13 7 10 19 11 4 4 4 4 10 4 3 26 33 11 9 3 4
2019/20 617
35 13 24 35 9 8 33 5 15 12 27 7 4 9 8 8 8 21 35 1 9 9 21 37 6 23 26
2020/21 602
5 2 23 – – 5 3 21 3 4 7 3 16 q 11 9 2

Victories
Day Year Location Hill Point K HS Jump 1 Jump 2 Note (points)
1. 17 March 2013 Oslo Holmenkollbakken K-120 HS-134 135.5 m 133.5 m 270.1
2. 15 February 2020 Tauplitz Kulm K-200 HS-240 225,5 m 219,5 m 418.5

Podiums
Day Year Location Hill Point K HS Jump 1 Jump 2 Note (points) Place Lost (points) Winner
1. 17 March 2013 Oslo Holmenkollbakken K-120 HS-134 135.5 m 133.5 m 270.1 1. –
2. 22 March 2013 Planica Letalnica K-185 HS-215 212.5 m 216.5 m 402.5 2. 9.7 Gregor Schlierenzauer
3. 6 January 2017 Bischofshofen Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K-125 HS-140 131.0 m 137.0 m 275.8 3. 13.4 Kamil Stoch
4. 4 February 2018 Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze K-130 HS-145 142.0 m 138.5 m 245.1 3. 26.3 Johann Andre Forfang
5. 24 November 2018 Kuusamo Rukatunturi K-120 HS-142 136.0 m – 135.0 3. 7.0 Ryōyū Kobayashi
6. 1 December 2018 Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork K-127 HS-134 133.0 m 131.0 m 264.2 2. 0.2 Johann Andre Forfang
7. 2 December 2018 Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork K-127 HS-134 126.0 m 133.0 m 258.9 3. 14.2 Ryōyū Kobayashi
8. 15 December 2018 Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze K-125 HS-140 134.0 m 136.0 m 298.9 2. 9.3 Karl Geiger
9. 16 December 2018 Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze K-125 HS-140 137.5 m 135.0 m 285.1 2. 9.3 Ryōyū Kobayashi
10. 17 February 2019 Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze K-130 HS-145 142.0 m 137.5 m 250.0 3. 24.4 Ryōyū Kobayashi
11. 22 March 2019 Planica Letalnica K-200 HS-240 242.0 m 234.0 m 437.3 3. 7.7 Markus Eisenbichler
12. 15 February 2020 Tauplitz Kulm K-200 HS-240 225.5 m 219.5 m 418.5 1. –
13. 28 November 2020 Kuusamo Rukatunturi K-120 HS-142 136.0 m 137.0 m 294.1 2. 19.3 Markus Eisenbichler
14. 20 December 2020 Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze K-125 HS-140 132.5 m 127.5 m 296.2 3. 9.2 Halvor Egner Granerud
15. 1 January 2021 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze K-125 HS-142 129.5 m 137.0 m 260.4 3. 21.7 Dawid Kubacki
16. 9 January 2021 Titisee-Neustadt Hochfirstschanze K-125 HS-142 143.0 m 139.5 m 270.8 3. 10.8 Kamil Stoch
17. 31 January 2021 Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze K-130 HS-147 137.0 m – 135 2. 19.3 Halvor Egner Granerud

Team victories
Day Year Location Hill Point K HS Jump 1 Jump 2 Note (points)
1. 3 December 2016 Klingenthal Vogtlandarena K-125 HS-140 134.0 m 134.0 m 1128.7 (268.7 )
2. 28 January 2017 Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze K-130 HS-145 134.0 m 138.0 m 931.5 (238.4)
3. 17 November 2018 Wisła Malinka K-120 HS-134 126.0 m 130.5 m 1026.6 (263.5)
4. 15 February 2019 Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze K-130 HS-145 146.0 m 129.0 m 979.4 (247.7)
5. 23 March 2019 Planica Letalnica K-200 HS-240 226.5 m 242.5 m 1627.9 (416.3)
6. 14 December 2019 Klingenthal Vogtlandarena K-125 HS-140 145.0 m 127.5 m 968.7 (249.6)

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