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Wojciech Fortuna

1952 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wojciech Fortuna is the 171st most popular skier (down from 161st in 2019), the 1,220th most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,210th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Wojciech Fortuna ranks 171 out of 817. Before him are Andreas Goldberger, Lara Gut-Behrami, Annemarie Buchner, Maria Walliser, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, and Petter Northug. After him are Peter Müller, Mika Myllylä, Kazuyoshi Funaki, Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Seiji Aochi, and Traudl Hecher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Wojciech Fortuna ranks 573. Before him are June Anderson, Mathew Knowles, Harald Konopka, Susan Dey, Lars-Erik Skiöld, and Kevin Kelly. After him are Michael O'Hare, Arkadiusz Godel, Javier Cárdenas, Sherrod Brown, David Garrison, and Keith Szarabajka.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Wojciech Fortuna ranks 1,220 out of 1,694. Before him are Jacek Wszoła (1956), Salomon Bochner (1899), George E. Stone (1903), Henryk Wieczorek (1949), Kazimierz Lipień (1949), and Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański (1950). After him are Arkadiusz Godel (1952), Hubert Kostka (1940), Peter Hacks (1928), Anna Fotyga (1957), Dietrich Stobbe (1938), and Bronisław Malinowski (1951).

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Among SKIERS In Poland

Among skiers born in Poland, Wojciech Fortuna ranks 2. Before him are Adam Małysz (1977). After him are Kamil Stoch (1987), Piotr Fijas (1958), Justyna Kowalczyk (1983), Dawid Kubacki (1990), Piotr Żyła (1987), Andrzej Stękała (1995), Stefan Hula Jr. (1986), Maciej Kot (1991), and Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel (1994).

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