Piotr Fijas
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| Country |
 Poland | |||||||||
| 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 Mar 1987 | |||||||||
| World Cup career | ||||||||||
| Seasons | 1980–1988 | |||||||||
| Individual wins | 3 | |||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 10 | |||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 62 | |||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 10 February 2016. | ||||||||||
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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 had three individual World Cup victories from 1980 to 1986, all in individual large hill competitions. For seven years he also held the world record in ski flying when, on 14 March 1987 in Planica, he landed a jump of 194 metres (636 ft).
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 | Place | Hill | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1979/80 | 27 Jan 1980 | Zakopane | Wielka Krokiew K-115 | LH |
| 2 | 9 Feb 1980 |  St. Nizier | Dauphine K-112 | LH | |
| 3 | 1985/86 | 12 Jan 1986 |  Liberec | Ještěd A K-115 | LH |
References
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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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