Wojciech Fortuna (born 6 August 1952) is a Polish former
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 won the Olympic Gold Medal in the Large Hill at the
1972 Winter Olympics
The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe ...
in
Sapporo
( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city ...
. In the Normal Hill he finished 6th. The Gold Medal was Poland's first - and the only gold until Vancouver 2010 - in the Winter Olympics history. Four time participant of the
Four Hills Tournament
The Four Hills Tournament (german: link=no, Vierschanzentournee) or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week (german: link=no, Deutsch-Österreichische Skisprung-Woche) is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in ...
, with his best ranking was during the
XXI edition, achieving 18th place.
[http://www.skokinarciarskie.pl/index.php?a=cykle&b=sezon&cykl=tcs&sezon=1972/1973]
He competed from 1969 to 1979.
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1952 births
Living people
Polish male ski jumpers
Olympic ski jumpers of Poland
Ski jumpers at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Ski jumpers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Poland
Sportspeople from Zakopane
Olympic medalists in ski jumping
Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland)
Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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