Impairment Information |
Type of Impairment |
Limb deficiency |
Origin of Impairment |
Acquired |
Classification |
SB-LL2 |
Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Kraków, POL |
Occupation |
Office Worker |
Languages |
English, Polish |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He took up Para snowboard in 2012. |
Why this sport? |
He was involved in snowboarding prior to his accident. After his rehabilitation he took up skateboarding and mountain biking, but began to miss snowboarding. He was encouraged to return to the sport by coach Malgorzata Kelm. |
Club / Team |
START Bielsko-Biala: Poland |
Name of coach |
Malgorzata Kelm [national], POL |
Senior International Debut |
Year |
2012 |
Competing for |
Poland |
Location |
Landgraaf, NED |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Wojtas, Wojtek (dziennikpolski24.pl, 01 Sep 2017; start.bielsko.pl, 21 Jan 2014) |
Hobbies |
Enduro mountain biking, reading. (polandbusinessrun.pl, 01 Dec 2017) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Placing 11th in both the SB-LL2 snowboard cross and banked slalom at the 2015 World Championships in La Molina, Spain, and finishing 15th in standing snowboard cross at the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi. (Athlete, 08 Mar 2018) |
Most influential person in career |
Coach Malgorzata Kelm. (Athlete, 08 Mar 2018) |
Hero / Idol |
Norwegian snowboarder Terje Hakonsen. (Athlete, 08 Mar 2018) |
Injuries |
He required surgery on his eye socket after crashing in training at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (przegladsportowy.pl, 17 Mar 2018) |
Awards and honours |
He was Poland's flag bearer at the closing ceremony of the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi. (paralympic.org, 16 Mar 2014) |
Impairment |
In 2004 he fractured the tibia and fibula bones in his right leg in a snowboarding accident. Four months later, his leg had to be amputated below the knee due to medical malpractice. (tvp.pl, 26 Feb 2014; skimagazyn.pl, 2014) |
Other information |
OTHER ACTIVITIES
He works in a real estate office. (polandbusinessrun.pl, 01 Dec 2017; dziennikpolski24.pl, 01 Sep 2017) |
World Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Event |
Result |
| 11 |
2014/2015 |
Snowboard Cross - Lower Limb 2 Impaired |
|
| 11 |
2014/2015 |
Banked Slalom - Lower Limb 2 Impaired |
1:38.87 |
| 15 |
2016/2017 |
Snowboard Cross - Lower Limb 2 Impaired |
|
| 17 |
2016/2017 |
Banked Slalom - Lower Limb 2 Impaired |
1:18.69 |
| 14 |
2018/2019 |
Banked Slalom - Lower Limb 2 Impaired |
58.14 |
| 6 |
2018/2019 |
Snowboard Cross - Lower Limb 2 Impaired |
|
| 6 |
2018/2019 |
Snowboard Cross Team Event |
|
Paralympic Games |
| Rank |
Year |
Event |
Result |
| 15 |
2014 |
Snowboardcross - Standing |
2:02.17 |
World Cup Finals |
| Rank |
Year |
Event |
Result |
| 13 |
2016/2017 |
Snowboard Cross - Lower Limb 2 Impaired |
|
| 13 |
2016/2017 |
Banked Slalom - Lower Limb 2 Impaired |
|
| 16 |
2017/2018 |
Snowboard Cross - Lower Limb 2 Impaired |
1:12.33 |
| 15 |
2017/2018 |
Banked Slalom - Lower Limb 2 Impaired |
1:27.12 |
