Wojciech Skupień

Wojciech Skupień
Skupień in Zakopane 2007
nation	Poland
birthday	March 9, 1976
place of birth	Zakopane ,  Poland
size	173 cm
Weight	60 kg
job	Sports soldier
Career
society	Start Krokiew Zakopane (1987–1996) WKS Zakopane (1997–2001) TS Wisła Zakopane (2002–2009)
National squad	since 1992
Pers. Best	190.5 m ( Planica 2004)
status	resigned
End of career	2009
Medal table
PM medals 10 × 15 × 4 ×
Polish championships gold 1994 Zakopane Large hill gold 1995 Szczyrk Normal hill silver 1995 Zakopane Large hill gold 1996 Zakopane Normal hill silver 1995 Zakopane Large hill gold 1996 Zakopane team gold 1997 Zakopane team silver 1998 Zakopane Large hill gold 1999 Szczyrk team silver 2000 Zakopane Normal hill silver 2000 Zakopane Large hill silver 2000 Zakopane team silver 2001 Szczyrk Normal hill gold 2001 Wisła Large hill silver 2001 Szczyrk team bronze 2002 Zakopane Normal hill silver 2002 Zakopane team gold 2003 Szczyrk Normal hill bronze 2005 Zakopane Large hill silver 2006 Zakopane team silver 2007 Szczyrk team gold 2008 Zakopane team
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Debut in the World Cup	5th December 1992
Overall World Cup	38th ( 1999/00 )
Ski flying world cup	34th ( 1999/00 )
Jump World Cup	36th ( 1999/00 )
Four Hills Tournament	13th ( 2000/01 )
Nordic Tournament	49th (2004)
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Team jumping 0 0 1
Ski jumping Grand Prix
Debut in the Grand Prix	August 21, 1996
Overall Grand Prix	12. ( 2001 )
Ski Jumping Continental Cup (COC)
COC wins (individual)	07 ( details )
Overall ranking COC	17. ( 1997/98 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Single jump 3 0 1  Team jumping 0 0 1

Wojciech Skupień (born March 9, 1976 in Zakopane ) is a former Polish ski jumper . In addition to his sporting activities, he is a soldier in the Polish Army .

Career

He entered his first World Cup jumping in 1992 when he was just 16 years old in Falun . He collected his first World Cup points a year later with a 20th place in Courchevel . Although he had already achieved this position in the previous season, World Cup points were still only awarded to the best 15 jumpers according to the old system.

From the 1992/1993 season to 2000/2001 , Skupień was a permanent World Cup participant and regularly scored, but never made the final breakthrough. Rank 38 was his best place in the overall World Cup ( 1999/2000 ), and in 2001 he was 13th overall in the Four Hills Tournament . After the 2000/2001 season, Skupień was no longer a regular competitor in World Cup competitions, but mainly took part in lower competition series such as the Continental Cup or the FIS Cup .

Wojciech Skupień's last World Cup result to date was a 36th place in Willingen on February 10, 2007. His best individual result is a sixth place in 2000, plus two 10th places (1995 and 2000). With the Polish team, he achieved a podium finish in 2001, finishing third in Villach .

Wojciech Skupień took part in five Nordic World Ski Championships ( Falun 1993 , Thunder Bay 1995 , Trondheim 1997 , Ramsau 1999 and Lahti 2001 ) and three ski flying world championships (1996, 2000 and 2004). His best results were a 15th place in the individual jumping and a 5th place with the team at the Nordic World Championships 2001 - both from the normal hill .

Skupień took part in the Olympic Games three times, in 1994 in Lillehammer , in 1998 in Nagano and in 2002 in Salt Lake City . At the large hill competition in Nagano he was eleventh, Skupień's best result at major events.

At the Polish Championships Skupień won 22 medals in winter and seven in summer. He won the individual winter championships five times, for the first time in 1994 from the large hill Wielka Krokiew in Zakopane and last time in 2003 from the Skalite normal hill in Szczyrk . He was only able to win the summer championships in 2008 in Wisła in a team with Klemens Murańka , Marcin Bachleda and Łukasz Rutkowski for TS Wisła Zakopane .

successes

Continental Cup wins in singles

No.	date	place	Type
1.	February 23, 1992	Szczyrk	Normal hill
2.	March 10, 1994	Zakopane	Normal hill
3.	March 13, 1994	Štrbské Pleso	Normal hill
4th	17th August 1997	Zakopane	Normal hill
5.	October 1, 2005	Park City	Large hill
6th	October 8, 2005	Lake Placid	Normal hill
7th	January 12, 2007	Sapporo	Normal hill

statistics

World Cup placements

season	space	Points
1993/94	52.	047
1994/95	56.	030th
1995/96	48.	075
1996/97	72.	016
1997/98	68.	023
1998/99	78.	010
1999/00	38.	086
2000/01	42.	089
2001/02	83.	004th
2003/04	54.	024

Grand Prix placements

season	space	Points
1997	22nd	059
1998	49.	004th
2000	39.	020th
2001	12.	136
2002	54.	004th
2003	27.	032
2004	57.	003
2006	44.	051
2007	42.	050

Web links

• Wojciech Skupień in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Wojciech Skupień on Olympic.org  - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wojciech Skupień Biography and Statistics . www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved June 30, 2009.