Piotr Fijas

Piotr Fijas

Personal information
Born	(1958-07-27) 27 July 1958 (age 67) Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Sport
Country	Poland
Sport	Skiing
World Cup career
Seasons	1980–1988
Indiv. starts	62
Indiv. podiums	10
Indiv. wins	3
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	194 m (636 ft) Planica, 14 March 1987
Medal record Men's ski flying FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1979 Planica Individual
Updated on 10 February 2016

Piotr Fijas (born 27 July 1958) is a Polish former ski jumper.

Career

Fijas won a bronze medal at the 1979 FIS Ski Flying World Championships in Planica, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia).

He finished seventh on the individual normal hill at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, and scored three individual World Cup wins between 1980 and 1986, all in individual large hill competitions.

The last and all-time world record in parallel style

On 14 March 1987, he set the last parallel style ski jumping world record at 194 metres (636 ft) on Velikanka bratov Gorišek in Planica, Yugoslavia. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It was held for seven years and only after that period world record was officially discussed and recognized at FIS Autumn meeting '94 (as decided at FIS Congress in Rio de Janeiro), when ridiculous 191 metres rule established by World Cup founder Torbjørn Yggeseth, was lifted. ^[4]

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	4H
1979/80	16	8
1980/81	32	35
1981/82	26	—
1982/83	43	13
1983/84	17	29
1984/85	14	7
1985/86	15	7
1986/87	31	115
1987/88	55	29

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	1979/80	27 January 1980	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew K115	LH
2		9 February 1980	St. Nizier	Dauphine K112	LH
3	1985/86	12 January 1986	Liberec	Ještěd A K115	LH

Ski jumping world record

The last and all-time parallel style ski jumping world record in history.

Date	Hill	Location	Metres	Feet
14 March 1987	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185	Planica, Yugoslavia	194	636

References

1. "Felderju sobotna tekma, Fijasu pa svetovni rekord (page 11)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 16 March 1987.
2. "Planica 1987: Photo gallery (page 16)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 16 March 1987.
3. "Piotr Fijas - Planica 1987 - 194 m - World record". YouTube. 14 March 1987. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.
4. "Decembra 94 bo Slovenija smučarsko središče sveta" (in Slovenian). Delo. 13 June 1994.

External links

• Pjotr Fijas at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Piotr Fijas at Olympics.com
• Piotr Fijas at Olympedia
• Piotr Fijas at InterSportStats
• Piotr Władysław Fijas at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (in Polish)( archive )

Records
Preceded by Andreas Felder	World's longest ski jump 14 March 1987 – 17 March 1994	Succeeded by Martin Höllwarth