Piotr Fijas

Piotr Fijas (born 27 July 1958) is a Polish former ski jumper.

Piotr Fijas
Country Poland
Born (1958-07-27) 27 July 1958
Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Personal best194 m (636 ft)
Planica, 14 March 1987
World Cup career
Seasons1980–1988
Individual wins3
Indiv. podiums10
Indiv. starts62
Medal record
Men's ski flying
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
1979 Planica Individual
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Career

Fijas won a bronze medal at the 1979 FIS Ski Flying World Championships in Planica, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia).

He finished seventh on the individual normal hill at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, and scored three individual World Cup wins between 1980 and 1986, all in individual large hill competitions.

The last and all-time world record in parallel style

On 14 March 1987, he set the last parallel style ski jumping world record at 194 metres (636 ft) on Velikanka bratov Gorišek in Planica, Yugoslavia.[1][2][3] It was held for seven years and only after that period world record was officially discussed and recognized at FIS Autumn meeting '94 (as decided at FIS Congress in Rio de Janeiro), when ridiculous 191 metres rule established by World Cup founder Torbjørn Yggeseth, was lifted.[4]

World Cup

Standings
Season Overall 4H
1979/80 168
1980/81 3235
1981/82 26—
1982/83 4313
1983/84 1729
1984/85 147
1985/86 157
1986/87 31115
1987/88 5529

Wins
No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1979/8027 January 1980   ZakopaneWielka Krokiew K115LH
2 9 February 1980   St. NizierDauphine K112LH
3 1985/8612 January 1986   LiberecJeštěd A K115LH

Ski jumping world record

The last and all-time parallel style ski jumping world record in history.

Date Hill Location Metres Feet
14 March 1987   Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 Planica, Yugoslavia 194 636

References
  1. "Felderju sobotna tekma, Fijasu pa svetovni rekord (page 11)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 16 March 1987.
  2. "Planica 1987: Photo gallery (page 16)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 16 March 1987.
  3. "Piotr Fijas - Planica 1987 - 194 m - World record". YouTube. 14 March 1987.
  4. "Decembra 94 bo Slovenija smučarsko središče sveta" (in Slovenian). Delo. 13 June 1994.
Records
Preceded by
Andreas Felder		 World's longest ski jump
14 March 1987 – 17 March 1994		 Succeeded by
Martin Höllwarth
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