Jan Ziobro (Polish pronunciation: , born 24 June 1991) is a Polish

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fin ...

, a member of the national team, a participant of the

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, a bronze medalist at 2015 World Championship in team .

Personal life

Jan Ziobro was born in

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, Poland and raised in

Spytkowice Spytkowice is a village in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Spytkowice. It lies approximately north of Wadowice and west of the regional capital ...

. He has a sister and four brothers. His brother-in-law is former ski jumper Krystian Długopolski. Ziobro works as a painter for his family's furniture company, ''Meble Ziobro'', which sponsors him and Czech

Jakub Janda Jakub Janda (; born 27 April 1978) is a Czech politician and former ski jumper. In ski jumping he competed from 1996 to 2017, winning the gold medal in the 2005–06 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup as the 2006 World Champion. He also won the 2005/06 ...

. In August 2013, he proposed to his girlfriend Angelika. Their daughter, Wiwiana, was born on January 16, 2014. On September 20, 2014, he married Angelika Kowalczyk in private ceremony in

. In October 2016 his wife gave birth to their second daughter named Sonia. FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Zakopane 2012 - Jan Ziobro thursday II

Career

Ziobro made his first appearance in the

FIS Ski Jumping World Cup The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is the world's highest level of ski jumping and the FIS Ski Flying World Cup as the subdivisional part of the competition. It was founded by Torbjørn Yggeseth for the 1979/80 season and organized by the Internationa ...

on November 27, 2011, in

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2013/2014

He won his first World Cup event on December 21, 2013, in

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, while his countryman

Kamil Stoch Kamil Wiktor Stoch (; born 25 May 1987) is a Polish Ski jumping, ski jumper. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers in the history of the sport, having won two FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup titles, three Four Hills Tournaments (two o ...

finished second. On that day he also equaled the hill's record with his jump of 141 meters. A day later, Ziobro landed on the podium again, finishing third as Stoch won. It was the first time in ski jumping history that two Poles finished on the podium in two consecutive contests. Ziobro competed at the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...

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. In the men's normal hill individual event, he finished in 13th place. He was 15th on the large hill and 4th in the team event.

2014/2015

Ziobro debuted in the World Championships 2015 in

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. He was 8th in the competition on the normal hill Lugnet (K-90). On February 28, 2015, Polish team in squad: Ziobro,

Piotr Żyła Piotr Paweł Żyła (Polish pronunciation: ; born 16 January 1987) is a Polish Ski jumping, ski jumper. He is a member of the national team and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He is the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021, 2021 ...

and

Klemens Murańka Klemens Murańka (born 31 August 1994) is a retired Polish ski jumper, a member of the national team, a 2014 Junior World Champion in team, a bronze medalist of 2015 World Championship in team. Personal life On 28 August 2014 his fiancée gave ...

achieved bronze medal of World Championships 2015 in team.''Drużyna na medal! Polacy z brązem MŚ''
- sport.tvp.pl - 28-02-2015

Olympic Games

Individual

Team

Jan Ziobro's starts at Olympic Games

World Championships

Individual

Team

Jan Ziobro's starts at World Championships

World Cup

Season standings

Individual starts

Victories

Podiums

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ziobro, Jan 1991 births Living people Polish male ski jumpers People from Nowy Targ County Skiers from Lesser Poland Voivodeship Ski jumpers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers for Poland FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping 21st-century Polish sportsmen