Adam began his ski jumping career at age 15.
He’d just begun his apprenticeship as a roof tiler.
Adam Malysz is the most successful Polish winter athlete of all time.
He was the first ski jumper in history to win three World Cup overall titles in a row.
His name ‘Malysz’ is pronounced ‘Mah-wish’.
Adam’s longest jump is 225 meters.
This is also a Polish distance record.
His favorite dish is duck.
On February 4, 2007, Adam took part in his 250th World Cup event in Titisee-Neustadt, Germany.
Adam and Izabela, now his wife, went to school together.
At the beginning of Malysz’s career Jens Weißflog was his role model; meanwhile he has even overtaken Weißflog’s successes.
Before his ski jumping career Adam was the Polish youth champion in the Nordic combined.
Apart from that, he’s an excellent soccer player.
Only Matti Nykänen has been able to celebrate more individual World Cup successes than Adam Malysz.
Adam Malysz has the same manager as Thomas Morgenstern and Andi Goldberger: the former ski jumper Edi Federer.
As well as Polish, he also speaks German.
The only achievement missing from his collection is an Olympic gold medal.
Instead, though, in 2002 he won silver on the large hill and bronze on the normal hill in Salt Lake City.
The writer Jerzy Pilch also comes from Adam’s home town of Wisla.
His FIS code is 2039.
Adam Malysz
Adam Malysz
Adam Malysz