Piotr Żyła

Piotr Żyła
Żyła at the FIS Summer Grand Prix in Hinzenbach, 2016
Personal information
Born (1987-01-16) 16 January 1987
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
CountryPoland
SportSkiing
ClubKS Wisła Ustronianka
World Cup career
Seasons2004–
Indiv. starts400
Indiv. podiums23
Indiv. wins2
Team podiums25
Team wins6
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)248 m (814 ft)
Planica, 24 March 2019
Medal record
Representing  Poland
Men's ski jumping
World Championships
2017 Lahti Team LH
2021 Oberstdorf Individual NH
2023 Planica Individual NH
2013 Val di Fiemme Team LH
2015 Falun Team LH
2017 Lahti Individual LH
2021 Oberstdorf Team LH
Men's ski flying
Ski Flying World Championships
2018 Oberstdorf Team
2020 Planica Team
Updated on 01 February 2026

Piotr Paweł Żyła (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpjɔtr ˈʐɨwa]; born 16 January 1987) is a Polish ski jumper. He is a member of the national team and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He is the 2021 and 2023 World Champion on the normal hill, a bronze medalist of 2017 World Championships in individual large hill event, 2017 World Champion and a two-time World Championship bronze medalist (2013, 2015) and in the team large hill event, also the two time Ski Flying World Championships bronze medalist in team (2018, 2020).

Żyła held the Polish record (together with Kamil Stoch) for ski flight length (232.5 m) from 26 January 2013 to 21 March 2015, when Kamil Stoch attained 238 m at Letalnica bratov Gorišek. Żyła was the holder of the Polish national distance record with a jump of 245.5 m (805 ft) at the Vikersund ski flying hill from 18 March 2017 during team competition to 25 March 2017.