Mateusz Rutkowski

Career Rutkowski competed at the 2002 and 2003 Junior World Championships, placing lowly. On 7 February 2004, he won the gold medal at the World Junior Championships, the first Pole in history to do so. During the competition he set a hill record (104.5 m) of Bjørkelibakken in Stryn Municipality, Norway.

Rutkowski was also allowed to make his debut in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in January 2004, starting out by finishing 37th in Liberec. On the next day, he collected his first World Cup point when finishing 30h in the same hill. The next week, he managed to improve to a 15th place in Zakopane. He was given a berth on the Polish team for the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2004, finishing 28th individually and 8th in the team competition. Later, he trained only at his club Wisła Zakopane.