Jan Ziobro (Polish pronunciation: , born 24 June 1991) is a Polish

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...

, a member of the national team, a participant of the

2014 Winter Olympic Games , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

, a bronze medalist at 2015 World Championship in team .

Personal life

Jan Ziobro was born in Rabka Zdrój, Poland and raised in

Spytkowice Spytkowice is a village in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Spytkowice, Wadowice County, Gmina Spytkowice. It lies approximately north of Wadowice ...

. He has a sister and four brothers. His brother-in-law is former ski jumper

Krystian Długopolski Krystian Długopolski (born 3 August 1980) is a Polish former ski jumper who competed from 1997 to 2007, mainly at Continental Cup level. His best World Cup finish was tenth in Sapporo on 27 January 2002. In the Summer Grand Prix he finished ...

. Ziobro works as a painter for his family's furniture company, ''Meble Ziobro'', which sponsors him and Czech

Jakub Janda Jakub Janda (; born 27 April 1978) is a Czech politician and former ski jumper. In ski jumping he competed from 1996 to 2017, winning the 2005/06 World Cup and 2005/06 Four Hills Tournament (shared with Janne Ahonen), as well as silver and bro ...

. In August 2013, he proposed to his girlfriend Angelika. Their daughter, Wiwiana, was born on January 16, 2014. On September 20, 2014, he married Angelika Kowalczyk in private ceremony in

. In October 2016 his wife gave birth to their second daughter named Sonia. FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Zakopane 2012 - Jan Ziobro thursday II

Career

Ziobro made his first appearance in the

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on November 27, 2011, in

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2013/2014

He won his first World Cup event on December 21, 2013, in

Engelberg , neighboring_municipalities = Attinghausen (UR), Gadmen (BE), Innertkirchen (BE), Isenthal (UR), Wassen (UR), Wolfenschiessen (NW) , twintowns= Engelberg (lit.: ''mountain of angel(s)'') is a village resort and a municipality in the canton ...

, while his countryman

Kamil Stoch Kamil Wiktor Stoch (; born 25 May 1987) is a Polish ski jumper. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers in the history of the sport, having won two World Cup titles, three Four Hills Tournaments (two of them consecutive), three individual go ...

finished second. On that day he also equaled the hill's record with his jump of 141 meters. A day later, Ziobro landed on the podium again, finishing third as Stoch won. It was the first time in ski jumping history that two Poles finished on the podium in two consecutive contests. Ziobro competed at the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

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. In the men's normal hill individual event, he finished in 13th place. He was 15th on the large hill and 4th in the team event.

2014/2015

Ziobro debuted in the World Championships 2015 in

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. He was 8th in the competition on the normal hill

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(K-90). On February 28, 2015, Polish team in squad: Ziobro,

Piotr Żyła Piotr Paweł Żyła (Polish pronunciation: ; born 16 January 1987) is a Polish Ski jumping, ski jumper. He is a member of the national team and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He is the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021, 2021 ...

and

Klemens Murańka Klemens Murańka (born 31 August 1994) is a Polish ski jumper, a member of the national team, a 2014 Junior World Champion in team, a bronze medalist of 2015 World Championship in team. Personal life On 28 August 2014 his fiancée gave birth to ...

achieved bronze medal of World Championships 2015 in team.''Drużyna na medal! Polacy z brązem MŚ''
- sport.tvp.pl - 28-02-2015

Olympic Games

Individual

Team

Jan Ziobro's starts at Olympic Games

World Championships

Individual

Team

Jan Ziobro's starts at World Championships

World Cup

Season standings

Individual starts

Victories

Podiums

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ziobro, Jan 1991 births Living people Polish male ski jumpers People from Nowy Targ County Sportspeople from Lesser Poland Voivodeship Ski jumpers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers of Poland FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping 21st-century Polish people