Wojciech Fortuna

Polish ski jumper

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Wojciech Fortuna

Born

(1952-08-06) 6 August 1952 (age 71)

Zakopane, Poland

Height

1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)

Ski club

Wisła-Gwardia Zakopane

Personal best

132.0 m (Planica, 1972)

World Cup career

Seasons

1962–1975

Medal record

Men's ski jumping

Representing Poland
Olympic Games
	1972 Sapporo	Individual large hill

Updated on 31 January 2020.

Wojciech Fortuna (born 6 August 1952) is a Polish former ski jumper who won the Olympic gold medal in the Large Hill at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. 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, with his best ranking was during the XXI edition, achieving 18th place.^[1]

He competed from 1969 to 1979.