Rafał Śliż

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Rafał Śliż Ski jumping
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nation PolandPoland Poland
birthday July 11, 1983
place of birth WisłaPolandPolandPoland 
Career
society KS Wisła Ustronianka
Trainer Jan Szturc
Pers. Best 199.0 m ( Planica 2010)
status resigned
End of career 2014
Medal table
National medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 2 × bronze
Polish Ski Association logo Polish championships
bronze 2011 Szczyrk Normal hill
bronze 2011 Zakopane team
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
 Debut in the World Cup January 29, 2005
 Overall World Cup 49th ( 2008/09 )
 Four Hills Tournament 41st ( 2005/06 )
Ski jumping Grand Prix
 Overall Grand Prix 22. ( 2010 )
 

Rafał Śliż (born July 11, 1983 in Wisła ) is a former Polish ski jumper who jumped for the club KS Wisła Ustronianka from Ustroń . In the club he was trained by Jan Szturc .

Career

Śliż, who started out as a Nordic combined skier , then specialized in ski jumping .

In March 2003, Śliż was in Szczyrk ahead of Janusz Zygmuntowicz and Daniel Bachleda Polish national champion in Nordic combined, where his strengths came to light in the jump. In the 2003/04 season, Śliż moved to the camp of jumpers. At the Universiade 2005 in Innsbruck , the student took seventh place. In the 2005/06 season, Śliż finished eighth overall at the Continental Cup . Śliż took part in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , where he could not qualify for the competition on the large hill. At the home World Cup in Zakopane he was able to jump on January 16, 2009 as thirteenth his best individual result. On March 10, 2010, Śliż succeeded in Kuusamo for the first time in over a year to win a Continental Cup competition, after having previously jumped to podium places several times. Also at the beginning of the 2010/11 season he achieved several good placements, so that he then took part in the qualification for a World Cup competition for the first time in Innsbruck in January 2011 as part of the Four Hills Tournament 2010/11 . In Bischofshofen he made the leap into the competition, where he finished 47th in the end. In Sapporo he was able to win World Cup points on January 16, 2011 for the first time since 2009. At the Polish championships in February 2011, he finished third behind Kamil Stoch and Tomasz Byrt in the individual. After taking part in the last competition at the FIS Cup in Zakopane in February 2014, Śliż declared his resignation.

Today Śliż lives in Wisła with his wife and child.

successes

World Cup placements

season space Points
2005/06 60. 15th
2008/09 49. 33
2010/11 65. 07th

Grand Prix placements

season space Points
2005 51. 13
2006 48. 37
2007 44. 45
2009 34. 48
2010 22nd 95
2011 41. 50

Continental Cup wins in singles

No. date place Type
1. January 15, 2006 JapanJapan Sapporo Large hill
2. January 25, 2009 SloveniaSlovenia Kranj Normal hill
3. March 13, 2010 FinlandFinland Kuusamo Large hill
4th September 18, 2010 NorwayNorway Oslo Normal hill

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Kamil Stoch is a Polish champion