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Jan Ziobro

Jan Ziobro
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Country Poland Poland
Full name Jan Ziobro
Born (1991-06-24) 24 June 1991 (age 25)
Rabka-Zdrój, Poland
Ski club WKS Zakopane
Personal best 216 m (709 ft)
Oberstdorf, 4 Feb 2017
World Cup career
Seasons 2011–present
Individual wins 1
Indiv. podiums 2
Indiv. starts 76
Updated on 19 March 2017.

Jan Ziobro (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈʑɔbrɔ], born 24 June 1991) is a Polish ski jumper, a member of the national team, a participant of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, a bronze medalist at 2015 World Championship in team .

Jan Ziobro was born in Rabka Zdrój, Poland and raised in Spytkowice. 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. In August 2013, he proposed to his girlfriend Angelika. Their daughter, Wiwiana, was born on January 16, 2014. On September 20, 2014 he married to Angelika Kowalczyk in private ceremony in Spytkowice. In October 2016 his wife gave birth to their second daughter named Sonia.

Ziobro made his first appearance in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup on November 27, 2011 in Kuusamo.

He won his first World Cup event on December 21, 2013 in Engelberg, while his countryman 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 in Sochi. 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.


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