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Wojciech Fortuna

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Wojciech Fortuna
Born (1952-08-06) 6 August 1952 (age 72)
Poland Zakopane, Poland
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Ski clubWisła-Gwardia Zakopane
Personal best132.0 m (Planica, 1972)
World Cup career
Seasons1962–1975
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Sapporo Individual LH
Updated on 17 February 2014.
Copy of W. Fortuna medal and autograph in Alei Gwiazd Sportu w Dziwnowie

Wojciech Fortuna (born 6 August 1952) is a Polish former ski jumper who won the Olympic Gold Medal in the Large Hill at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. The Gold Medal was Poland's first - and the only gold until Vancouver 2010 - in the Winter Olympics history.

He competed from 1972 to 1976.