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Janez Polda

Janez Polda
Janez Polda in 1962
Country Yugoslavia
Born (1924-05-25) 25 May 1924 (age 100)
Mojstrana, Ljubljana Oblast,
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died20 March 1964(1964-03-20) (aged 39)
Mojstrana, Yugoslavia
Personal best114 m (374 ft)
Planica, Yugoslavia
(17 March 1950)

Janez Polda (25 May 1924 in Mojstrana – 20 March 1964) was a Yugoslavian between ski jumper who competed between 1948 and 1956.

Career

He finished 41st in the individual large hill at the 1948 Winter Olympics in Sankt Moritz, tied for 16th at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo and was 24th at the 1956 Games. Polda's best career finish was fifth in an individual normal hill event in Austria in 1956.

Invalid ski jumping world record

Date Hill Location Metres Feet
14 March 1948   Bloudkova velikanka Planica, Yugoslavia 120 394

  Not recognized! Touch ground at world record distance.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Izredni uspehi slovenskih in inozemskih skakalcev v Planici, p.6" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 16 March 1948.
  2. ^ "Jugoslovan Polda je skočl 120 m, Švicar Charles Blum pa 121 m (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Ljudska pravica. 15 March 1948.
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