Stanisław Marusarz

Stanisław Marusarz

Stanisław Marusarz (IPA|st̪aɲiswaf marusaʂ; Zakopane, June 18, 1913 – October 29, 1993, Zakopane) 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 Scandinavia (Finland, Norway, & Sweden), who dominated the classical skiing in the early 20th century, considered Marusarz "the best Nordic combiner in the world after [the] Norwegians."

Marusarz gained international attention in 1935 when he beat the world record with the longest jump of 87.5 m. 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 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. The Norwegian 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 5th 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 he ski jumped as a forejumper while 43 years old.

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 the end of the war.

In 1966, he was the author of a very memorable moment for Polish supporters when organizers of the Four Hills Tournament asked him to make a show jump. Marusarz jumped 66 m at 53 years of age.

Brother

Stanisław Marusarz had a brother, Jan Marusarz, who 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.

ee also

*List of Poles

External links

*FIS|S=NK|ID=38176|note=Nordic combined profile
*FIS|S=JP|ID=38181|name=S. Marussarz|note=Ski jumping profile


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