On Sunday evening, January 7, came the heartbreaking news of the death of former Polish ski jumper Mateusz Rutkowski. The junior world champion from Turin and the silver medalist in the team competition was only 37 years old.
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information about it Mateusz Rutkowski died First reported by Sucha24.pl. Over time, local media from southern Poland began to combine their Sunday reports into a single entity. As we say at naTemat, However, it quickly became clear that the circumstances of the ski jumper's death had already been described in the material on the Góral.Info.pl website.
On Sunday afternoon, news broke of the tragic end to the fight by firefighters and paramedics for the life of a man from Skrzypne.
Rescuers and firefighters from the Skrzypne Volunteer Fire Department, Szaflary Volunteer Fire Department and Nowy Targ Volunteer Fire Department arrived on the scene. Upon arrival, the rescuers immediately started resuscitation measures. Unfortunately, despite the actions. They restored the circulation, they could not save the man's life,” we read.
That publication listed “sudden cardiac arrest” as the reason for calling 911.
Mateusz Rutkowski died. Adam Malis himself spoke about his talent for ski jumping
Mateusz Rutkowski was the junior world champion and record holder on the Björkelibakken ski jumping hill, where he achieved a result of 104.5 m, after competing on the ski jumping hill in Planica in 2004, where he was the third pole in history. Jumped over 200 meters (201.5 m), Adam Malis himself spoke about it. The best ski jumper in the history of Poland saw him as his successor. As Malis explained, in Rutkovsky “There was great talent potential”.
However, the ski jumper from Scripne later encountered a lot of problems. were among them Alcohol related problems. Rutkowski also struggled to maintain weight, which is crucial in this sport. There were also discipline problems.
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All this became the reason for the exclusion of Mateusz Rutkowski from the national team. He was expelled from it in the 2004/2005 season. However, with his brother – also a ski jumper – the industry continued. They opened together in 2017 Rutkov-ski sports club.
He also confirmed the tragic information about the death of the 37-year-old Polish Ski Association. “PZN expresses its condolences and sympathies to Mateusz's family and relatives,” said a special statement in the organization headed by Adam Malis.