Pawlusiak took part internationally for the first time in the Four Hills Tournament 1978/79 , but could not achieve any success. In 1979 he was part of the Polish squad for the newly created Ski Jumping World Cup . On December 30, 1979 he jumped his first jumping in this series. In the Four Hills Tournament 1979/80 he was largely unsuccessful. It was only in the first competition after the tour in his home town of Zakopane that he was able to jump back into the top ten with 5th place and thus won his first World Cup points. Also in the French Saint-Nizier he won points in both jumping and finished the World Cup season 1979/80 on the 43rd place overall.
At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid , Pawlusiak reached 40th place on the normal hill and 43rd place on the large hill. After the Winter Games, he ended his active ski jumping career.
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