Piotr Fijas
Piotr Fijas (born 27 July 1958) is a Polish former ski jumper.
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| Born | 27 July 1958 Bielsko-Biała, Poland | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||
| Personal best | 194 m (636 ft) Planica, 14 March 1987 | ||||||||||
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| Seasons | 1980–1988 | ||||||||||
| Individual wins | 3 | ||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 10 | ||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 62 | ||||||||||
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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. For seven years, Fijas also held the ski flying world record: on 14 March 1987 in Planica, he landed a jump of 194 metres (636 ft).
World Cup
Standings
| Season | Overall | 4H |
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| 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 |
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| 1 | 1979/80 | 27 January 1980 | | Wielka Krokiew K115 | LH |
| 2 | 9 February 1980 |  | Dauphine K112 | LH | |
| 3 | 1985/86 | 12 January 1986 |  | 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 |
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| 14 March 1987 | Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 | Planica, Yugoslavia | 194 | 636 |
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| Preceded by Andreas Felder |
World's longest ski jump 14 March 1987 – 17 March 1994 |
Succeeded by Martin Höllwarth |
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