Wojciech Skupień (born 9 March 1976) 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 fin ...

who competed from 1993 to 2008. At the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with some events ...

in Nagano, he finished eighth in the team large hill and 11th in the individual large hill events. Skupień's best finish at the

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial Nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship eve ...

was 15th in the normal hill event at

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2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

. He finished 25th at the 2000

Ski-flying World Championships The FIS Ski Flying World Championships is a ski flying event organised by the International Ski Federation (FIS) since 1972 and held every two years. Overview The event takes place on hills much larger than ski jumping hills, with the construct ...

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. Skupień's best

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finish was sixth in a large hill event in the United States in 2000.

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* 1976 births Living people Polish male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Poland Ski jumpers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Skiers from Zakopane 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-skijumping-bio-stub