Janez Polda Explained

Janez Polda
Birth Date:	25 May 1924
Birth Place:	Mojstrana, Ljubljana Oblast, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Death Place:	Mojstrana, Yugoslavia
Personalbest:	114m (374feet) 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

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

External links

• • Olympic ski jumping results: 1948-60
• Janez Polda's profile at Sports Reference.com
• Biography in Slovene

Notes and References

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