Wojciech Fortuna
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| Born | 6 August 1952 Zakopane, Poland | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||
| Ski club | Wisła-Gwardia Zakopane | |||||||||||||
| Personal best | 132.0 m (Planica, 1972) | |||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 1962–1975 | |||||||||||||
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Copy of W. Fortuna medal and autograph in Alei Gwiazd Sportu w Dziwnowie
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.
He competed from 1972 to 1979.
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