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Piotr Żyła

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Piotr Żyła is a Polish ski jumper born on 16 January 1987 in Cieszyn and a member of the national team. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and is the 2021 and 2023 World Champion on the normal hill, with a bronze medal in the individual large hill event at the 2017 World Championships, a 2017 team title and team bronzes in 2013 and 2015. He also has two Ski Flying World Championships team bronzes, from 2018 and 2020. He held the Polish ski flight record at 245.5 metres in Vikersund from March 2017, and earlier shared the 232.5 metre mark with Kamil Stoch. He started jumping at eight, graduated from the Sports Championships School in Zakopane and debuted in the World Cup in Sapporo in 2007.

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1987 1
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Male 1
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5+ 2
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is a Polish ski jumper
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    Born 16 January 1987 in Cieszyn
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He is the 2021 and 2023 World Champion on the normal hill, a bronze medalist of 2017 World Championships in individual large hill event
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    is a Polish ski jumper
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    is a Polish ski jumper
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    competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi
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