Piotr Wala

Piotr Wala
Full name	Piotr Adam Wala
nation	Poland
birthday	December 16, 1936
place of birth	Bystra ,  Poland
size	178 cm
Weight	76 kg
date of death	22nd October, 2013
Place of death	Bielsko-Biała ,  Poland
Career
society	KKS Bielsko Legia Zakopane
Trainer	Mieczysław climate
National squad	since 1961
Pers. Best	128 m (Kulm 1962)
Medal table
National medals 3 × 3 × 3 ×
Polish championships gold 1962 Zakopane K70 gold 1962 Zakopane K90 gold 1963 Zakopane K90 silver 1964 Zakopane K90 bronze 1964 Wisla K70 bronze 1965 Zakopane K70 silver 1966 Wisła K70 bronze 1966 Zakopane K90 silver 1967 Zakopane K70
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Four Hills Tournament	10. ( 1965/66 )

Piotr Adam Wala (born December 16, 1936 in Bystra , † October 22, 2013 in Bielsko-Biała ) was a Polish ski jumper .

Career

Wala made his international debut at the Four Hills Tournament in 1961/62 . Already in the opening competition on the Schattenbergschanze in Oberstdorf he reached a good top 20 placement in 17th place. After three good results in the other competitions of the tour, he reached the 16th place in the tour's overall ranking with 800.9 points.

At the Polish Championships in 1962 Wala won both titles on the normal as well as the large hill. A little later he started at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane in 1962 . After jumping on 94.5 and 95.5 meters from the large hill, he was the second-best pole in eighth place. From the normal hill he only managed 35th place after jumps on 68.5 and 70 meters. Wala did not start for the Four Hills Tournament 1962/63 . At the Polish Championships in 1963 he again won the title on the large hill.

The Four Hills Tournament 1963/64 successfully finished Wala 19th overall. A little later he won silver on the large hill and bronze on the normal hill at the Polish Championships. At the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck in 1964 , Wala was part of the Polish team after this success. From the normal hill he jumped twice on 74 and once on 75 meters and thus reached 22nd place. From the large hill he landed in 15th place after jumps on 86.5, 88 and 80 meters.

With the Four Hills Tournament 1965/66 Wala denied his most successful tour. With ninth place in the opening competition in Oberstdorf, he also achieved his best individual tour result. In the overall standings he came in 10th with 782.2 points.

At the Polish Championships in 1966, Wala won silver on both the normal and large hill, before winning only one silver medal the following year. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo in 1966 , Wala started again in both individual disciplines. He jumped from the large hill to 71 and 74 meters and thus reached 38th place. From the normal hill, Wala landed in 28th place after jumps on 72 and 69.5 meters.

After Wala did not get past 97th place overall in the 1966/67 Four Hills Tournament and was not used at the 1968 Winter Olympics despite being nominated, he finally ended his active ski jumping career in 1969.

Walas wife Natalia was a gymnast and Olympic medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne .

successes

Four Hills Tournament placements

season	space	Points
1961/62	16.	800.9
1963/64	19th	775.5
1964/65	57.	524.1
1965/66	10.	782.2
1966/67	52.	649.5
1967/68	97.	158.3

literature

• Jens Jahn , Egon Theiner : Encyclopedia of Ski Jumping . 1st edition. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2004, ISBN 3-89784-099-5 .

Web links

• Piotr Wala in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Piotr Wala in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Obituary notice of Piotr Wala

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Piotr Wala . archiwum.watra.pl. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Wyniki Mistrzostw Polski - 1920-2002 . skijumping.pl. Archived from the original on November 16, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 2, 2014. 
3. ↑ Egon Theiner: Encyclopedia of Ski Jumping , p. 159
4. ↑ Egon Theiner: Encyclopedia of Ski Jumping , p. 160
5. ↑ Egon Theiner: Encyclopedia of Ski Jumping , p. 161
6. ↑ Egon Theiner: Encyclopedia of Ski Jumping , p. 162