Ski club KS Wisla Ustronianka Individual wins 1 Name Piotr Zyla Height 1.76 m Children Jakub Zyla, Karolina Zyla Siblings Dorota Zyla | Seasons 2004– Indiv. podiums 2 Role Ski jumper Spouse Justyna Lazar (m. 2006) Parents Zbigniew Zyla, Ewa Zyla | |
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Born 16 January 1987 (age 37)
Cieszyn, Poland ( 1987-01-16 ) Personal best 232.5 m (763 ft)
Vikersund, 26 Feb 2012 Similar People Kamil Stoch, Maciej Kot, Dawid Kubacki, Adam Malysz, Klemens Muranka Profiles | ||
Piotr Zyla | Men's Large Hill #2 | Willingen | 3rd place | FIS Ski Jumping
Piotr Żyła ( [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 and a two-time World Championship bronze medalist (2013, 2015) and 2017 World Champion in the team large hill event.
Contents
- Piotr Zyla Mens Large Hill 2 Willingen 3rd place FIS Ski Jumping
- Personal life
- 20062007
- 20072008
- 20102011
- 20112012
- 20122013
- 20142015
- 20162017
- Olympic Games
- References
Żyła held the Polish record (together with Kamil Stoch) for ski flight length (232.5 m) from January 26, 2013 to March 21, 2015, when Kamil Stoch attained 238 m at Letalnica bratov Gorišek. Żyła set the current Polish national distance record with a jump of 245.5 m (805 ft) an the Vikersund ski flying hill on March 18. 2017 during team competition. He beat record second time in the same day (earlier 243 m in trial round).
Personal life
Piotr Żyła was born in Cieszyn, Poland. He graduated Sports Championships School in Zakopane, where his friend from class 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) and daughter Karolina (born 2012).
2006/2007
Żyła jumped on skis for the first time when he was eight years old. On December 26, 2006 he debuted in the Continental Cup at St. Moritz. The first points in this series were won on January 14, 2005 in Sapporo, when he was 19th. At the World Junior Championships he was 14th, while the team won the silver medal. On January 21 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 February 4 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 January 21 in Zakopane was 21st and he repeated this result on February 13 at the ski flying hill in Vikersund. On January 29, 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 September 17 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 December 4, 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 January 26, 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 January 9, 2013 in Wisla took 6th place. He repeated this result in Vikersund on January 26 and February 13 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 March 2, 2013 he won there a bronze medal in team competition with teammates: Kamil Stoch, Maciej Kot, Dawid Kubacki. 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). On March 17, 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 February 28, 2015 Polish team in squad: Żyła, Kamil Stoch, Klemens Murańka and Jan Ziobro achieved bronze medal of World Championships 2015 in team. For Żyła, this was the second bronze of World Championships in team.
2016/2017
On December 3, 2016 Polish national team including Żyła, Stoch, Kubacki and Kot won first competition in team for Poland in history. Żyła took part in 2016–17 Four Hills Tournament and finished 2nd in overall rankings, losing only to Stoch.
In Zakopane Polish team, including Stoch, Kubacki, Kot, Żyła achieved second place in team competition. On January 28, 2017 Poland won their second team competition in history in Willingen.
On March 4, 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.
Olympic Games
Piotr Żyła started at Olympic Games once – in Sochi 2014. He has not started in competition on normal hill. He was 34th on large hill.