Stanisław Marusarz
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Stanisław Marusarz | ||||||||||||
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Country | Poland | |||||||||||
Born | (1913-06-18)18 June 1913 Zakopane, Poland | |||||||||||
Died | 29 October 1993(1993-10-29) (aged 80) Zakopane, Poland | |||||||||||
Ski club | SN PTT Zakopane Legia Zakopane | |||||||||||
Personal best | 95 m (312 ft) Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (15 March 1935) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Stanisław Marusarz (Polish pronunciation: [staˈɲiswav maˈrusaʂ]); 18 June 1913 – 29 October 1993) was a Polish Nordic skiing competitor in the 1930s.
Life
Stanisław Marusarz won a silver medal in ski jumping at the 1938 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti — the first Pole ever to earn a medal in the championships. He also finished sixth in the individual nordic combined event at the 1933 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Innsbruck.
Marusarz was named one of the best young talents in ski jumping in the late 1920s and earned his first national title in 1931. Many skiers outside of the Nordic countries (Finland, Norway, and Sweden), who dominated classical skiing in the early 20th century, considered Marusarz "the best Nordic combiner in the world after [the] Norwegians."
On 15 March 1935, he set a ski jumping world record at 95 metres (312 ft) on Bloudkova velikanka hill in Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia and gained international success and recognition.[1][2]
After that success, people waited for the moment when he would finish ahead of the Norwegians. His best chance came at the 1938 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti where he struggled to win over the famous Ruud brothers: (Birger, Sigmund, and Asbjørn). Marusarz made the two best jumps in competition of 66 and 67 meters, earning him a total of 226.2 points, but the judges gave him much lower style scores than his rival (and friend) Asbjørn Ruud, the youngest of the three Ruud brothers – who jumped 63.5 and 64 m. Asbjørn Ruud won the competition with 226.4 points. Ruud thought about handing the gold over to Marusarz during the medal ceremony, but he settled on naming him the "Moral World Champion". Marusarz was favored to win the ski jumping competition at the 1939 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane, but finished a disappointing fifth because of an arm injury suffered prior to the competition.
Marusarz took part in five Winter Olympics. He finished 27th in the 18 km cross country event, 22nd in the nordic combined and 17th in ski jumping at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Four years later in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, he finished 5th in the ski jump and 7th in the Nordic combined. After World War II, Marusarz finished 27th in the ski jump event both at the 1948 Winter Olympics and the 1952 Winter Olympics. His last Winter Olympic participation (but not competition) was at Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956, where at age 43 he ski-jumped as a forejumper.
After the German attack on Poland in 1939, he joined the AK and fought for Poland's independence until 1940, when he was captured and sentenced to death. However, Marusarz successfully escaped from a German prison and fled to Hungary, where he stayed until war's end.
In 1966 he created a memorable moment for Polish supporters, when organizers of the Four Hills Tournament asked him to make a show jump. At age 53, Marusarz jumped 66 meters.
Brother
Stanisław's brother Jan Marusarz was likewise a prewar Polish Olympic skier. During World War II, Jan escorted famous Polish SOE agent Krystyna Skarbek across the Tatra Mountains, on skis, from Hungary into Poland. After the war, Jan lived in London, England, where he served as a factotum at the Polish White Eagle Club.
Honours and awards
- Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari
- Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta – 2010, posthumously; previously awarded the Commander's Cross and the Knight's Cross
- Cross of Valour – twice
- Gold Cross of Merit
- Armia Krajowa Cross
- Polish Army Medal – twice
- Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945
- Badge of Honor Soldier Army Headquarters
- Distinguished Master of Sports, 1951
Ski jumping world record
Date | Hill | Location | Metres | Feet |
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15 March 1935 | Bloudkova velikanka K106 | Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 95 | 312 |
See also
References
External links
- Stanislaw Marusarz at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation. Nordic combined profile
- S. Marussarz at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation. Ski jumping profile
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Preceded by Stanisław Marusarz | Flagbearer for Poland St. Moritz 1948, Oslo 1952 | Succeeded by |
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- 1926: Wacław Kuchar
- 1927: Halina Konopacka
- 1928: Halina Konopacka
- 1929: Staņislavs Petkēvičs
- 1930: Stanisława Walasiewicz
- 1931: Janusz Kusociński
- 1932: Stanisława Walasiewicz
- 1933: Stanisława Walasiewicz
- 1934: Stanisława Walasiewicz
- 1935: Roger Verey
- 1936: Jadwiga Jędrzejowska
- 1937: Jadwiga Jędrzejowska
- 1938: Stanisław Marusarz
- 1948: Aleksy Antkiewicz
- 1949: Zdobysław Stawczyk
- 1950: Helena Rakoczy
- 1951: Zygmunt Chychła
- 1952: Zygmunt Chychła
- 1953: Leszek Drogosz
- 1954: Janusz Sidło
- 1955: Janusz Sidło
- 1956: Elżbieta Krzesińska
- 1957: Jerzy Pawłowski
- 1958: Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak
- 1959: Edmund Piątkowski
- 1960: Józef Szmidt
- 1961: Ireneusz Paliński
- 1962: Teresa Ciepły
- 1963: Ryszard Parulski
- 1964: Józef Szmidt
- 1965: Irena Kirszenstein
- 1966: Irena Kirszenstein
- 1967: Sobiesław Zasada
- 1968: Jerzy Pawłowski
- 1969: Waldemar Baszanowski
- 1970: Teresa Sukniewicz
- 1971: Ryszard Szurkowski
- 1972: Witold Woyda
- 1973: Ryszard Szurkowski
- 1974: Irena Szewińska
- 1975: Zygmunt Smalcerz
- 1976: Irena Szewińska
- 1977: Janusz Pyciak-Peciak
- 1978: Józef Łuszczek
- 1979: Jan Jankiewicz
- 1980: Władysław Kozakiewicz
- 1981: Janusz Pyciak-Peciak
- 1982: Zbigniew Boniek
- 1983: Zdzisław Hoffmann
- 1984: Andrzej Grubba
- 1985: Lech Piasecki
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- 1998: Robert Korzeniowski
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- 2004: Otylia Jędrzejczak
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- 2007: Adam Małysz
- 2008: Robert Kubica
- 2009: Justyna Kowalczyk
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- 2012: Justyna Kowalczyk
- 2013: Justyna Kowalczyk
- 2014: Kamil Stoch
- 2015: Robert Lewandowski
- 2016: Anita Włodarczyk
- 2017: Kamil Stoch
- 2018: Bartosz Kurek
- 2019: Bartosz Zmarzlik
- 2020: Robert Lewandowski
- 2021: Robert Lewandowski
- 2022: Iga Świątek
- 2023: Iga Świątek
- 2005: Women's volleyball team
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- 2007: Men's handball team
- 2008: Lech Poznań
- 2009: Men's volleyball team
- 2010: Speedway team
- 2011: Men's volleyball team
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- 2013: Vive Kielce
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- 2021: ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
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- 1976: Hubert Wagner
- 1977: Krystyna Babirecka, Bolesław Bogdan, Zbigniew Katner & Zbigniew Kuciewicz
- 1978: Edward Budny
- 1979: Zbigniew Rusin & Andrzej Trochanowski
- 1980: Ludwik Miętta-Mikołajewicz
- 1981: Antoni Piechniczek
- 1982: Antoni Piechniczek
- 1983: Zdzisław Dudzik
- 1985: Ryszard Szurkowski
- 1986: Stanisław Rybakowski
- 1987: Stanisław Krzesiński
- 1988: Ryszard Zieniawa
- 1989: Stanisław Pytel & Wacław Skarul
- 1990: Arkadiusz Koniecki
- 1991: Janusz Wójcik
- 1992: Zbigniew Pacelt
- 1993: Tomasz Herkt
- 1994: Olgierd Światowiak
- 1995: Michał Brzuchalski
- 1996: Ryszard Świerad
- 1997: Wojciech Borowiak
- 1998: Józef Lisowski
- 1999: Tomasz Herkt
- 2000: Jerzy Broniec
- 2001: Jerzy Engel & Apoloniusz Tajner
- 2002: Paweł Słomiński
- 2003: Andrzej Niemczyk
- 2004: Paweł Słomiński
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- 2011: Marek Cieślak
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- 2013: Łukasz Kruczek
- 2014: Stéphane Antiga & Łukasz Kruczek
- 2015: Adam Nawałka
- 2016: Krzysztof Kaliszewski
- 2017: Stefan Horngacher
- 2018: Vital Heynen
- 2019: Jolanta Kumor
- 2020: Piotr Sierzputowski
- 2021: Aleksander Matusiński
- 2022: Tomasz Wiktorowski
- 2023: Nikola Grbić