Ski Jumping
Piotr Zyla
- Normal Hill
- Large Hill
- Ski Flying
- Team
- Nationality
- Poland
- Hometown
- Ustron, Poland
- Born
- 16 January 1987
- Turned pro
- 2004
- Primary discipline
- Normal Hill
About Piotr Zyla
Veteran Polish ski jumper from Ustron who represents WSS Wisla. Competed at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and has been a World Cup mainstay for two decades. Became World Champion at age 34 on the individual normal hill at the 2021 Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, then defended that title at the 2023 Championships in Planica (261.8 points) - the same meet where he won team large hill gold alongside Dawid Kubacki, Maciej Kot and Kamil Stoch, Poland's first-ever team title. Also won individual large hill bronze and team large hill gold at the 2017 World Championships, team large hill bronze at the 2013 and 2015 Championships, and team bronze twice at the Ski Flying World Championships (2018, 2020). Once held the Polish ski flying distance record (232.5m) jointly with Kamil Stoch.
2025-26 World Cup: 33rd overall, 162 points (FIS official cup standings). Career: 2x World Champion (individual normal hill, 2021 & 2023); World Champion (team large hill, 2017 & 2023 - Poland's first-ever team title in 2023); individual large hill bronze (2017 Worlds); team bronze (2013, 2015 Worlds); Ski Flying Worlds team bronze (2018, 2020). Did not appear in the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics results.
Sponsors: BWT (skis); Rass (boots)
Setup
2 items
Skis
BWT Ski jumping
- Ski Jumping
Skis per FIS's official athlete database (Skis: BWT).
Ski jumping race ski produced and supplied by BWT (Best Water Technology), an Austrian water-treatment company that states on its own corporate site: 'BWT is the official ski jumping producer and thus supplier of selected top ski jumping athletes' - i.e. BWT is the equipment brand itself (not merely a sponsor logo on another maker's ski), comparable to how Red Bull's Van Deer/Augment operates its own ski brand.
Boots
Rass Ski jumping
- Ski Jumping
Boots per FIS's official athlete database (Boots: Rass).
Handmade ski jumping boot from Rass, a specialty footwear maker in Schoenheide, Saxony (Erzgebirge), founded 1962. Rass's actual retail model lineup, confirmed via its official shop (sport-schuhe.com) and US distributor (jumpgear.us), is: Jump-One and Jump-Two (lightweight synthetic-leather upper, micro-suede lining, optional fiber-plate reinforcement; the two differ only in calf-spoiler height) and Eagle One and Eagle Two (stiffer, more structured spoiler for improved in-flight body position; again differing from each other only in spoiler height).
Setup verified 18 July 2026
Sources
- https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=jp&competitorid=73232&type=result
- https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/cup-standings.html?cupcode=WC&disciplinecode=SJ&gendercode=M&seasoncode=2026§orcode=JP
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piotr_%C5%BBy%C5%82a
- https://www.olympics.com/en/news/piotr-zyla-poland-ski-jump-title-at-the