Krzysztof Miętus (; born 8 March 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 ...

, who has competed since 2008. He is a member of Polish youth team and participated in the Winter Olympics in

Vancouver 2010 )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

Personal life

Krzysztof Miętus was born in

Zakopane Zakopane ( Podhale Goral: ''Zokopane'') is a town in the extreme south of Poland, in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998, it was part of Nowy Sącz Voivodeship; since 1999, it has been par ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

, but he lives in Dzianisz,

. His younger brother, Grzegorz, is also a ski jumper.

Career

One of his major achievements was the third place in winter Polish Championship in

in 2007, and the silver medal in summer Polish Championships in 2011. At the World Junior Championship took third place in team competition in Zakopane together with

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and Dawid Kowal. In 2011, he won the qualification for the Lotos Poland Tour competition in

. He took part in World Junior Championships in

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(2007),

(2008),

Hinterzarten Hinterzarten is a resort village in the Black Forest (German: ''Schwarzwald''), located in the southwest of the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Although Hinterzarten is mostly famous for its ski jumping, it has many other tourist attractions. ...

(2010) and the Estonian

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(2011). At the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

, he finished 36th both in the individual large and normal hill events. Miętus's best World Cup finish was fifth in the team large hill event at

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

in 2009.

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

Krzysztof Miętus started at Olympic Games once – in

. He was 36th on normal and large hills.

Individual

Krzysztof Miętus's starts at Olympic Games

References

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* 1991 births Living people Olympic ski jumpers for Poland Skiers from Zakopane Polish male ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Universiade medalists in ski jumping Universiade bronze medalists for Poland Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade 21st-century Polish people {{Poland-skijumping-bio-stub