1. Famous Poles Presentation by Polish Participants Sopot 2011 English Unlimited Discover the World Anew Project 2010/2011

2. Adam Malysz 2010/2011Discover the World Anew: famous Poles2

3. The Jumper Adam Henryk Malysz (born 3 December 1977) is a legendary former Polish ski jumper born and still living in the town of Wisla in southern Poland. He is married to Izabela and has one daughter, Karolina. His life motto is "Be good and just" and his idol is former German ski jumper Jens Weißflo. Adam Malysz was one of the best and most successful ski jumpers in history, winning 4 individual Olympic Games medals, 4 individual World Championships (all-time record), 4 individual World Cup titles (all-time record) with 39 competition wins and 92 podiums in total. Only Finn Matti Nykanen won more (46 wins). Malysz is the only ski jumper ever to win the World Cup 3 times in a row. He has also won the most titles in the history of the individual World Championships. 2010/2011Discover the World Anew: famous Poles3

4. The Greatest From all over the Polish country, thousands of fans travelled especially to support Adam in competitions. He became a sports icon for them. Both his wins and losses came as an electric shock for the whole country. On weekends millions of Polish people sat in front of their TVs to blow air to lift his skis and wish him good luck. Despite being so successful, he still remained a modest and sensitive person – a role model for his fellow youngsters. 26 March 2011 was the day when Malysz officially ended his sports career and made his last jump on the ski-jump in Zakopane. Best ski jumpers came to Zakopane to honour him in a competition of aim-jumping. All the Polish people, as the nation, are proud of Adam Malysz, who brought international fame to Poland thanks to his hard-work, perseverance and talent. For his sporting achievements, he received the Order of Polonia Restituta. 2010/2011Discover the World Anew: famous Poles4

6. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION :) Presentation prepared by: the group from Sopot, Poland Photographs: Internet 2010/2011Discover the World Anew: famous Poles6