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 the 2021 World Champion on the normal hill, 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
Born	(1987-01-16) 16 January 1987 (age 36) Jaworzno, Poland
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Ski club	KS Wisła Ustronianka
Personal best	248 m (814 ft) Planica, 24 March 2019
World Cup career
Seasons	2004–
Individual wins	2
Team wins	6
Indiv. podiums	22
Team podiums	24
Indiv. starts	282
Medal record World Championships 2021 Oberstdorf Individual NH 2017 Lahti Team LH 2017 Lahti Individual LH 2013 Val di Fiemme Team LH 2015 Falun Team LH 2021 Oberstdorf Team LH Ski Flying World Championships 2018 Oberstdorf Team 2020 Planica Team
Updated on 6 March 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, 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 he had better results in the Continental Cup. On 21 January in Zakopane was 21st, 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 19th and 21st place individually and fourth and fifth in the team.

2011/2012

In the season 2011/2012, Żyła returned to team A. In the general classification beginning the summer season competitions, Lotus Poland Tour finished in last – 57th place. In the event of the Summer Grand Prix 2011 in Hakuba finished in second place twice. On 17 September, Wielka Krokiew 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, and the Polish team took 7th place. On 26 January 2013, he became the Polish record holder (with Kamil Stoch) in the length of the ski flight (232.5 m). In 2012/2013, he first scored the World Cup points at the seventh start, taking 30th place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. On 9 January 2013, he took 6th place in Wisla. He repeated this result on 26 January in Vikersund and 13 February in Klingenthal. In the individual competitions at FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013, he took 23rd 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 was that his team took fourth place, but after recounting 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 the first podium of his career. He was the fifth in the history of Polish ski jumpers 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 the 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 the 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 the 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 at 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, he had the weakest results from the Polish team in training before both competitions on normal and large hills. Therefore, he was neither in any competition nor 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
1.	27 February	2021	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze	K-95	HS-106	individual	105.0 m	102.5 m	268.8	—	—
6.	28 February	2021	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze	K-95	HS-106	mixed team	100.0 m	93.0 m	837.6 (236.8)	163.2	Germany
4.	5 March	2021	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze	K-120	HS-137	individual	130.5 m	137.0 m	264.4	12.1	Stefan Kraft
3.	6 March	2021	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze	K-120	HS-137	team	139.0 m	139.0 m	1031.2 (285.7)	15.4	Germany

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																																825
	5	2	23	–	–	5	3	21	3	4	7	3	16	q	11	9	2	4	17	8	33	5	10	7	13
2021/22																																480
	32	16	23	27	25	17	14	q	15	38	11	18	13	7	17			DQ	41	3	14	8	22	18	5	2	18	12

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	–	135.0	2.	19.3	Halvor Egner Granerud
18.	25 February	2022	Lahti	Salpausselkä	K-116	HS-130	120.5 m	129.5 m	268.0	3.	15.1	Stefan Kraft
19.	20 March	2022	Oberstdorf	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze	K-200	HS-235	218.5 m	221.0 m	401.1	2.	6.8	Timi Zajc
20.	26 November	2022	Kuusamo	Rukatunturi	K-120	HS-142	143.0 m	142.0 m	300.7	3.	12.1	Anže Lanišek
21.	17 December	2022	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze	K-125	HS-140	141.0 m	139.0 m	312.3	3.	8.0	Anže Lanišek
22.	29 December	2022	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze	K-120	HS-137	132.5 m	137.0 m	299.0	2.	13.4	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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