Aleksander Bojda

Aleksander Bojda (born 1978) is a Polish former ski jumper and Nordic combined skier, known for holding the unofficial record at the Wielka Krokiew ski jump in Zakopane. A member of KS Wisła, he won four team medals at the Polish Ski Jumping Championships, including two gold medals, and secured a bronze medal in the individual event in 1996. Bojda represented Poland at two FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships and participated in two team events at the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. He also claimed two Polish junior championship titles.

Career Bojda began his competitive career in 1992, winning the Polish team championship in Nordic combined as part of KS Wisła, alongside Adam Małysz and Tomasz Wawrzacz. That same season, he earned silver and bronze medals in the Polish junior ski jumping championships for younger competitors.

The following winter, he placed 4th in the team Nordic combined event at the Polish Championships. In the individual competition, he placed 33rd, the last position. Earlier that year, in the youth national championships in Wisła, he took 8th place on the K-40 hill and 10th on the K-60 hill.

During the 1990s, Bojda trained for two years at the Skiing Gymnasium in Stams, Austria. From 1995 to 1999, he attended the Sports Mastery School in Zakopane.

1993–94 season In the inaugural 1993–94 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup (previously known as the FIS Ski Jumping Europa Cup), Bojda debuted on 9 March 1994 at Wielka Krokiew in Zakopane, jumping 80.5 m and finishing 53rd. The next day, he placed 40th on the normal hill. He competed in two more Continental Cup events in Štrbské Pleso, finishing 38th in the first and earning his first points with an 8th-place finish in the second, jumping 108.5 m – his career-best result and only top-10 finish. He ended the season ranked 156th with 32 points.

At the 1994 Polish Championships in Zakopane, he won a bronze medal in the team event. In the individual event, he jumped 72 m and 74.5 m, finishing 44th.

1995–96 season

In August 1995, Bojda finished 18th in the Góralski Kapelusz competition in Zakopane, featuring Polish and Slovak athletes. In September, he placed 49th at the Grand Prix in Frenštát. In the individual event, he jumped 87.5 m and 87 m, finishing 20th. Bojda won two gold medals, triumphing on Średnia Krokiew (81.5 m and 84.5 m) and Wielka Krokiew (128.5 m and 118.5 m). He jumped 93 m and 87.5 m.

On 30 March, he won the Sports Mastery School Championships on the normal hill in Zakopane, and in April, he placed 7th in the Easter competition on the large hill.

In January 1997, he competed in five Continental Cup events in Ramsau am Dachstein, Villach, Planica, and Oberhof, but failed to qualify for the main competitions. On 24 January in Štrbské Pleso, he reached the main event, finishing 38th. Two days later in Zakopane, he again failed to qualify. He ended the season without points. On 12 October, at the 1997 Summer Polish Ski Jumping Championships on Średnia Krokiew, he placed 13th (6th among Poles) with jumps of 73 m and 76.5 m. In December, he scored points in two Oberwiesenthal events, finishing 30th (77.5 m and 74.5 m) and 26th (79 m and 81 m). He also failed to qualify for Continental Cup events in Villach and Reit im Winkl. In six further events, he placed in the 40s and 50s, finishing 267th overall with 6 points. Individually, he placed 12th on the normal hill and 21st on the large hill among Poles.

Bojda was named to the Polish Olympic team for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano but did not compete.

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Continental Cup

Overall standings

Individual Continental Cup results

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Other achievements

Team Polish Champion in Nordic combined (1992) Two-time Polish Junior Ski Jumping Champion (1996) Two-time Polish Junior (Younger) Ski Jumping Champion (1994) Sports Mastery School Champion (1996) Silver and bronze medalist, Polish Junior (Younger) Ski Jumping Championships (1992) Bronze Medalist, Polish Junior Ski Jumping Championships (1995) Bronze Medalist, TZN Championships, Colonel Franciszek Wagner Memorial (1995)