Adam Małysz

Adam Małysz
Personal information
Full name	Adam Henryk Małysz
Born	3 December 1977 (1977-12-03) (age 34) Wisła, Poland
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Professional information
Club	KS Wisła Ustronianka
Skis	Fischer
Personal best	230,5 m (Vikersund 2011)
World Cup
Seasons	1995–2011
Wins	39
Additional podiums	53
Total podiums	92
Medal record Men's ski jumping Competitor for  Poland Olympic Games Silver 2010 Vancouver Individual NH Silver 2010 Vancouver Individual LH Silver 2002 Salt Lake City Individual LH Bronze 2002 Salt Lake City Individual NH World Championships Gold 2001 Lahti Individual NH Gold 2003 Val di Fiemme Individual LH Gold 2003 Val di Fiemme Individual NH Gold 2007 Sapporo Individual NH Silver 2001 Lahti Individual LH Bronze 2011 Oslo Individual NH
Updated on 13 February 2011.

Adam Henryk Małysz [ˈadam ˈmawɨʂ] ( listen) (born 3 December 1977 in Wisła, Poland) is a former Polish ski jumper, one of the most successful ski jumpers in the history.

The most important of Małysz's successes are 4 individual Olympic Games medals, 4 individual World Championships gold medals (all-time record), 4 individual World Cup titles (all-time record shared with Matti Nykänen), 39 individual competition wins and 92 podiums in total.

Career

Małysz's career began in 1995. For two consecutive seasons, he was moderately successful in the Ski Jumping World Cup (7th and 10th in the overall standings respectively). He re-emerged in the 2000/01 season when he won the Four Hills Tournament and the world championship in individual normal hill while finishing second in individual large hill. 2002 saw Małysz claim silver in individual large hill and bronze in individual normal hill at the Salt Lake City Olympic Games. In 2003, he won both world championships titles and added another Ski Jumping World Cup (his third). Four years later, in 2007, he surprised his competitors with a streak of wins at the end of the season, including the world championship and overtook the young Norwegian Anders Jacobsen in World Cup standings, achieving his fourth victory and equalling Matti Nykänen's record of winning the World Cup four times. At the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Małysz took the silver in Normal Hill Individual Event and won another silver in the individual large hill.

His success contributed to his enormous popularity not only among ski jumping fans but throughout Poland as well. Most of all, he has won three World Cups in a row, which was an unprecedented achievement. In Poland, he still has thousands of supporters. Additionally, Małysz is the only five-time winner of the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival (1996, 2001, 2003, 2006 and 2007). He earned the Holmenkollen medal in 2001 for his ski jumping victories (shared with Bente Skari and Thomas Alsgaard). On the last competition of the Zakopane weekend (Sunday 23 January 2011), he was injured and taken away from the hill with an ambulance. On the next weekend, after recovery, he was able to start in the next World Cup competitions. Małysz publicly announced the end of his career on the 26th of March 2011.

For his sporting achievements, he received the Order of Polonia Restituta:
Officer's Cross (4th Class) in 2002
Commander's Cross (3rd Class) in 2007
Commander's Cross with Star (2nd Class) in 2010.

World Cup

Season titles

Victories

Season	Date	Location
1995-96 1 victory	March 17, 1996	Oslo, Norway
1996-97 2 victories	January 18, 1997	Sapporo, Japan
	January 26, 1997	Hakuba, Japan
2000-01 11 victories	January 4, 2001	Innsbruck, Austria
	January 6, 2001	Bischofshofen, Austria
	January 13, 2001	Harrachov, Czech Republic
	January 14, 2001	Harrachov, Czech Republic
	January 20, 2001	Salt Lake City, USA
	January 27, 2001	Sapporo, Japan
	January 28, 2001	Sapporo, Japan
	February 4, 2001	Willingen, Germany
	March 7, 2001	Falun, Sweden
	March 9, 2001	Trondheim, Norway
	March 11, 2001	Oslo, Norway
2001-02 7 victories	November 23, 2001	Kuopio, Finland
	December 1, 2001	Titisee-Neustadt, Germany
	December 8, 2001	Villach, Austria
	December 16, 2001	Engelberg, Switzerland
	December 21, 2001	Predazzo, Italy
	December 22, 2001	Predazzo, Italy
	January 20, 2002	Zakopane, Poland
2002-03 3 victories	March 9, 2003	Oslo, Norway
	March 14, 2003	Lahti, Finland
	March 15, 2003	Lahti, Finland
2004-05 4 victories	December 11, 2004	Harrachov, Czech Republic
	January 16, 2005	Bad Mitterndorf, Austria
	January 29, 2005	Zakopane, Poland
	January 30, 2005	Zakopane, Poland
2005-06 1 victory	March 12, 2006	Oslo, Norway
2006-07 9 victories	January 27, 2007	Oberstdorf, Germany
	February 3, 2007	Titisee-Neustadt, Germany
	February 4, 2007	Titisee-Neustadt, Germany
	March 11, 2007	Lahti, Finland
	March 13, 2007	Kuopio, Finland
	March 17, 2007	Oslo, Norway
	March 23, 2007	Planica, Slovenia
	March 24, 2007	Planica, Slovenia
	March 25, 2007	Planica, Slovenia
2010-11 1 victory	January 21, 2011	Zakopane, Poland

Total Podiums

1. Iron Mountain – February 18, 1996 (2. place)
2. Lahti – March 1, 1996 (3. place ex-aequo with Primož Peterka)
3. Falun – March 13, 1996 (2. place)
4. Oslo/Holmenkollen – March 17, 1996 (1. place)
5. Bischofshofen – January 6, 1997 (2. place)
6. Engelberg – January 11, 1997 (3. place)
7. Sapporo – January 18, 1997 (1. place)
8. Hakuba – January 26, 1997 (1. place)
9. Garmisch-Partenkirchen – January 1, 2001 (3. place)
10. Innsbruck – January 4, 2001 (1. place)
11. Bischofshofen – January 6, 2001 (1. place)
12. Harrachov (HS 205) – January 13, 2001 (1. place)
13. Harrachov (HS 205) – January 14, 2001 (1. place)
14. Salt Lake City – January 20, 2001 (1. place)
15. Sapporo – January 27, 2001(1. place)
16. Sapporo – January 28, 2001 (1. place)
17. Willingen – February 3, 2001 (2. place)
18. Willingen – February 4, 2001 (1. place)
19. Oberstdorf (HS 213) – March 4, 2001 (2. place)
20. Falun – March 7, 2001 (1. place)
21. Trondheim/Granasen – March 9, 2001 (1. place)
22. Oslo/Holmenkollen – March 11, 2001 (1. place)
23. Kuopio – November 23, 2001 (1. place)
24. Kuopio – November 24, 2001 (2. place)
25. Titisee-Neustadt – December 1, 2001 (1. place)
26. Titisee-Neustadt – December 2, 2001 (2. place)
27. Villach – December 8, 2001 (1. place)
28. Engelberg – December 16, 2001 (1. place)
29. Val di Fiemme/Predazzo – December 21, 2001 (1. place)
30. Val di Fiemme/Predazzo – December 22, 2001 (1. place)
31. Garmisch-Partenkirchen – January 1, 2002 (3. place)
32. Innsbruck – January 4, 2002 (2. place)
33. Zakopane – January 20, 2002 (1. place)
34. Lahti – March 1, 2002 (2. place)
35. Trondheim – March 15, 2002 (2. place)
36. Oslo/Holmenkollen – March 17, 2002 (3. place)
37. Kuusamo – November 29, 2002 (2. place)
38. Titisee-Neustadt – December 14, 2002 (3. place)
39. Garmisch-Partenkirchen – January 1, 2003 (2. place ex-aequo with Andreas Goldberger)
40. Zakopane – January 18, 2003 (3. place)
41. Zakopane – January 19, 2003 (3. place)
42. Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf – February 1, 2003 (3. place)
43. Oslo/Holmenkollen – March 9, 2003 (1. place)
44. Lahti – March 14, 2003 (1. place)
45. Lahti – March 15, 2003 (1. place)
46. Planica (letalnica, HS215) – March 22, 2003 (2. place)
47. Kuusamo – November 28, 2003 (2. place)
48. Kuusamo – November 30, 2003 (2. place)
49. Zakopane – January 17, 2004(2. place)
50. Zakopane – January 18, 2004 (2. place)
51. Harrachov (HS 142) – December 11, 2004 (1. place)
52. Oberstdorf (HS 137) – December 29, 2004 (3. place)
53. Innsbruck – January 3, 2005 (2. place)
54. Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf – January 15, 2005 (3. place)
55. Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf – January 16, 2005 (1. place)
56. Titisee-Neustadt – January 23, 2005 (2. place)
57. Zakopane – January 29, 2005 (1. place ex-aequo with Roar Ljøkelsøy)
58. Zakopane – January 30, 2005 (1. place)
59. Kuopio – March 9, 2005 (3. place ex-aequo with Jakub Janda)
60. Kuopio – March 7, 2006 (3. place)
61. Oslo/Holmenkollen – March 12, 2006 (1. place)
62. Lillehammer – December 3, 2006 (3. place)
63. Engelberg – December 16, 2006 (3. place)
64. Oberstdorf (HS 137) – December 30, 2006 (3. place)
65. Oberstdorf (HS 137) – January 27, 2007 (1. place)
66. Titisee-Neustadt (HS 142) – February 3, 2007 (1. place)
67. Titisee-Neustadt (HS 142) – February 4, 2007 (1. place)
68. Klingenthal – February 7, 2007 (3. place)
69. Lahti (HS 130) – March 11, 2007 (1. place)
70. Kuopio (HS 127) – March 13, 2007 (1. place)
71. Oslo/Holmenkollen (HS 128) – March 17, 2007 (1. place)
72. Planica (letalnica, HS215) – March 23, 2007 (1. place)
73. Planica (letalnica, HS215) – March 24, 2007 (1. place)
74. Planica (letalnica, HS215) – March 25, 2007 (1. place)
75. Kuopio/Puijo – March 10, 2009 (3. place)
76. Planica (letalnica, HS215) – March 20, 2009 (2. place)
77. Planica (letalnica, HS215) – March 22, 2009 (2. place)
78. Lillehammer – December 5, 2009 (3. place)
79. Klingenthal – February 3, 2010 (2. place)
80. Lahti (HS 130) – March 7, 2010 (2. place)
81. Kuopio (HS 127) – March 9, 2010 (2. place)
82. Lillehammer – March 12, 2010 (3. place)
83. Oslo/Holmenkollen – March 14, 2010 (2. place)
84. Engelberg – December 18, 2010 (2. place)
85. Engelberg – December 19, 2010 (3. place)
86. Garmisch-Partenkirchen – January 1, 2011 (3. place)
87. Innsbruck – January 3, 2011 (2. place)
88. Harrachov (HS 205) – January 8, 2011 (3. place)
89. Sapporo – January 15, 2011 (3. place)
90. Zakopane – January 21, 2011 (1. place)
91. Vikersund – February 13, 2011 (3. place)
92. Planica (letalnica, HS215) – March 20, 2011 (3. place)

Personal life

He is married to Izabela and has one daughter, Karolina. His life motto is "Be good and just" and his idol is former German ski jumper Jens Weißflog. His religion is Lutheranism.^[1]

Footnotes

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Adam Małysz

• Adam Małysz at the International Ski Federation
• Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)