Mateusz Rutkowski (born 18 April 1986) is a Polish former
ski jumper.
He represented the Polish national team to win a gold medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships individually, and silver medal with the team at the same championships.
Personal life
Mateusz Rutkowski was born in
Skrzypne
Skrzypne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szaflary, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Szaflary, south-west of Nowy Targ, and south of the regional ...
,
Poland. He has a younger brother
Łukasz
Łukasz or Lukasz () is a Polish masculine given name, derived from Greek Λουκᾶς, Lukas.
Derived family names are Łukaszewski, Łukaszewicz/ Łukasiewicz/ Lukashevich, Lukash (as transliterated from Ukrainian and Belarusian), Lukashenk ...
, who is a
ski jumper too. Mateusz was considered the most talented Polish ski jumper and
Adam Małysz
Adam Henryk Małysz (; born 3 December 1977) is a Polish former ski jumper and rally driver. He competed in ski jumping from 1995 to 2011 and is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport. His many accomplishments include f ...
's successor.
Career
February 7, 2004 he won the gold medal at the World Junior Championships as the first Pole in history. During the competition set a record (104,5 m) of Bjørkelibakken hill in
Stryn
Stryn is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Stryn. The municipality is located along the innermost part of t ...
,
Norway. As a third Pole in history he jumped above 200 m during
World Cup competition on
Letalnica in
Planica. After his problems with alcohol, weight and lack of discipline he
was thrown from Polish national ski jumping team after season 2004/2005. Later he trained only at his club Wisła Zakopane.
References
1986 births
Living people
Polish male ski jumpers
People from Nowy Targ County
Sportspeople from Zakopane
21st-century Polish men
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