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	Skijumping - Poland - Malysz - everything about skijumping in Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Wojciech Fortuna was born on 6th March 1952 in Zakopane.
		Wojciech Fortuna started in a few seasons after the Olympics in Sapporo but then he never had as high form and never made as big success as in 1972.
		In 2001 Wojciech Fortuna published his autobiography in the USA ("The happiness in the air").
	skokinarciarskie.pl /english/index.php?id=slawy&z=fortuna (493 words)

	Encyclopedia: Winter Olympics
		Adrianus Ard Schenk (born September 16, 1944) is a former Dutch speedskater.
		In ski jumping, Wojciech Fortuna from Poland won his country first gold medal, while the host nation performed a clean sweep of the other ski jumping event, also winning its first Olympic winter gold.
		On a historical note, the 1972 Games were the last Olympic Winter Games where a skier would win the gold medal using all-wooden skis.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Winter-Olympics (9873 words)

	Encyclopedia: Wojciech Fortuna
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		Wojciech Fortuna (1952 in Zakopane) is a Polish ski jumper.
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	Warsaw Voice - Medal for Małysz
		This is the fifth medal for Poland in the history of the Winter Olympics and the first since 1972 when Wojciech Fortuna won gold in the big hill event at Sapporo.
		About 1,000 Polish fans, most from various corners of the United States, accompanied by organized groups from Poland-including cities such as Legnica, Szczecin and Żywiec-arrived in SLC to root for Małysz.
		Fortuna, the only Polish gold Winter Olympic medalist, now living in the United States, said that Małysz was the favorite for Wednesday's big-hill competition.
	www.warsawvoice.pl /archiwum.phtml/1879 (868 words)

	Ø Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine \| Book of Days \| April 5 \| Pocahontas Lord Buckley Goddess Fortuna Six ...
		Fortuna was a favourite with the Roman military.
		More than a dozen altars to her have been found in Britain, on which she is addressed simply as Fortuna, or as Fortuna Conservatorix and Fortuna Redux.
		In the Roman calendar, the nones of a month were the fifth day of the months January, February, April, June, August, September, November, and December, and the seventh day of March, May, July, and October; traditionally the day of the Half Moon.
	www.wilsonsalmanac.com /book/apr5.html (4944 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Sport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Warsaw: The 1972 Olympic ski jump champion Wojciech Fortuna of Poland was jailed for two months on Tuesday while police investigate accusations that he physically abused his former wife and children.
		An arrest warrant was issued for Fortuna in 1998 but he was living in the United States and was arrested on his return to Poland in August this year.
		Colorado Springs: Junior pole vaulter Chase Shealy is banned from competition for two years after testing positive for amphetamine during a competition.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1031211/asp/sports/story_2666969.asp (565 words)

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		Hannawald, who admitted being nervous after his first jump, had 267.5 points.
		Malysz had 263 points and became the first Polish jumper to win an Olympic medal since Wojciech Fortuna, who won the gold in 1972.
		Like many of the 20,000 fans, Alborn was surprised by Ammann's victory.
	olympics.belointeractive.com /skiing/BI_SKIJUMPER.9a0f7ae.html (365 words)

	sap_1972
		For the first time in the history of the Winter Games, all three medal positions in one discipline were taken by athletes from a non-European country: Yukio Kasaya, Akitsugu Konno, and Seiji Aochi won the small hill ski jump for Japan.
		Poland earned its first gold medal, with Wojciech Fortuna winning the ski jump from the big hill, as did Spain, through Francisco Fernandez Ochoa's victory in the slalom.
		The Soviet cross-country skier Galina Kulakova and the Dutch speed skater Ard Schenk were the Games' most successful competitors and won 3 gold medals each.
	www.sportz4u.com /isport/olympics/fnlsite/History/fhist/1972w.html (455 words)

	The Warsaw Voice - News
		In the 18 Winter Olympics since 1924, Poles have won four medals-one gold, one silver and two bronze.
		The first was a complete sensation: in Sapporo in 1972 young ski jumper Wojciech Fortuna executed a phenomenal 111-meter-long jump and won the big-hill competition.
		In Squaw Valley in 1960, two Polish speed skaters, Elwira Seroczyńska and Helena Pilejczyk, won silver and bronze respectively in the 1,500-meter race.
	www2.warsawvoice.pl /old/v694/News10.html (520 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - Flying Pole strong contender for gold in ski jumping - Tuesday January 15, 2002 ...
		Posted: Tuesday January 15, 2002 10:51 AM WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Poland has been waiting for a podium spot at the Winter Olympics since 1972, a long wait for a nation with a rich tradition in winter sports.
		The country's last medal came at the Sapporo Games in Japan, when ski jumper Wojciech Fortuna took the gold.
		Another ski jumper, Adam Malysz, is now expected to snap the 30-year medal drought.
	www.cnn.com /cnnsi/olympics/2002/news/2002/01/15/malsyz_feature_ap (607 words)

	Olympics: They came to see the Polish Batman
		He is the defending World Cup champ and has seven victories in this season's first 18 events.
		His bronze was Poland's fifth medal ever in the Winter Olympics and the first since Wojciech Fortuna got the country's only gold, in ski jumping, in 1972 in Sapporo, Japan.
		Some go to the essence of Poland's national pride and how Polish people see themselves.
	www.sptimes.com /2002/02/11/Olympics/They_came_to_see_the_.shtml (745 words)

	Flying Pole remains strong contender for gold
		WARSAW, Poland -- Poles have been waiting 30 years for another medal at the Winter Olympics, a long wait for a nation with a rich tradition in those sports.
		That last medal came at the Sapporo Games in Japan, when ski jumper Wojciech Fortuna took the gold.
		It's another ski jumper who could end the drought _ Adam Malysz.
	www.suntimes.com /winter_olympics/preview/oly-skijumping.html (413 words)

	TIME.com Print Page: Arts & Entertainment -- Ski Jump Flyboys (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Shops in his hometown of Wisla started selling teacups, posters, even cookies featuring their favorite son.
		Not since Wojciech Fortuna won gold at the 1972 Sapporo Games had a Pole delivered such results in winter sports.
		Malysz had photo ops with the President, tour buses driving past his house.
	www.time.com /time/arts/printout/0,8816,199004,00.html (798 words)

	Tatra District
		In the borough there are also surveys of nativity players and Christmas carol singers, reciters, story-tellers, as well as Miss of Podhale contest which is called "Najśwarniyso Górolecka" ("the Finest Mountain Woman".
		One of the best sportsmen in Poland was a ski jumper from Zakopane, Wojciech Fortuna.
		He won the gold medal during Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo in 1972.
	www.idn.org.pl /cross/powiat_en.htm (1583 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - SI Daily - SI's Lidz: Fly guy - Wednesday February 13, 2002 12:54 AM
		The nation's Winter Olympics credo could be, Expect the worst.
		Since the fluky victory of ski jumper Wojciech Fortuna at the 1972 Sapporo Games in Japan (his one and only international victory), Poland has not won a gold medal at the Winter Olympics.
		The favorite to snap this drought is 5'6", maybe 120 pounds and the punch line in hundreds of Polish jokes, many of which have been compiled in a popular Polish paperback.
	www.cnn.com /cnnsi/olympics/2002/daily_guide/news/2002/02/13/day6_feature (1209 words)

	ABC Sport - Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		From that perspective, I can be happy with my two second places."
		There is a lot of national pride at stake for Malysz as Poland's last medal at the Winter Olympics came 30 years ago when another ski-jumper Wojciech Fortuna took gold at the Sapporo Olympics.
		He has been there before as Polish hopes were pinned on him before the last Winter Olympics in Nagano four years ago following seven podium finishes in 1996-1997.
	www.abc.net.au /winterolympics/previews/skijumping.htm (667 words)

	Polish ski jumper gives countrymen a thrill - PittsburghLIVE.com
		Malysz - whom they call the Polish Batman - wasn't bitter.
		He chose to focus on the fact that he was Poland's first medal winner since Wojciech Fortuna won the ski jump competition 30 years ago in Sapporo, Japan.
		He'll be there Wednesday, too, along with the rest of the Eastern bloc.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/sports/s_16757.html (803 words)

	Xtratime Community - Matti Nykaenen in prison!
		He won 5 times World Cups and about 40 tournaments.
		Polish jumper Wojciech Fortuna (who won gold medal in Olympic Games) was also arrested.
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	www.xtratime.org /forums/showthread.php?t=145063 (612 words)

	CNNSI.com - SI Online - SI Medal Picks: Ski jumping - Tuesday January 29, 2002 04:52 PM
		CNNSI.com - SI Online - SI Medal Picks: Ski jumping - Tuesday January 29, 2002 04:52 PM Sports Illustrated Writers Online
		Malysz is first Pole to win World Cup; only Pole to win Winter gold was ski jumper Wojciech Fortuna in Sapporo
		In January, Hannawald became first to sweep four events in prestigious Four Hills tournament in Austria and Germany
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /si_online/2002/medal_picks/ski_jumping (93 words)

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		Differential expression of MCP-1 chemokine in the peripheral blood of women with gynecological disorders - comparative study.
		, Dorota Wojak MD, Alicja Skupnik MD Wojciech Fortuna MD, Marian Gabrys MD PhD
		Laboratory of Reproductive Immunology, Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences; 12 Rudolfa Weigla St.; Wroclaw, Poland;
	www.uni-leipzig.de /veranst/herzzentrum-workshop/SS_Abstract-Postert.htm (7337 words)

	Polish Consulate...
		Jaruzelski regrets unfortunate twist of events in Wujek mine in 1981
		Katowice, Oct. 18: General Wojciech Jaruzelski on Tuesday expressed regret and condolences to the families of victims from Wujek coal mine as well as all the wounded or hurt in the events from the beginning of martial law in 1981.
		Jaruzelski was testifying before a district court in Katowice as a witness in the trial concerning the pacification of Silesian mines at the start of martial law.
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	Boys won't ask for gifts; they know mom has no money (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In memory of my husband, Louis Plonowski $10
		My parents, Wojciech and Aniela Fortuna and my sister, Felicia Rogalski $10
		A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all, from Lisa, Sue, Tom and Lucky!
	www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/19981212/FP_005.htm (1411 words)

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