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He also finished sixth in the individual nordic combined event at the 1933 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Innsbruck.
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He also finished sixth in the individual nordic combined event at the 1933 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Innsbruck.
Marusarz was named one of the best young talents in ski jumping in the late 1920s and earned his first national title in 1931. Many skiers outside of Scandinavia (Finland, Norway, & Sweden), who dominated classical skiing in the early 20th century, considered Marusarz "the best Nordic combiner in the world after Norwegians." Marusarz gained international attention in 1935 when he beat the world record with the longest jump of 87.5 m. After that success, people waited for the moment when he would finish ahead of the Norwegians.
Marusarz took part in five Winter Olympics.
He finished 27th in the 18 km cross country event, 22nd in the nordic combined and 17th in ski jumping at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New New York Four years later in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, he finished 5th in the ski jump and 7th in the Nordic combined.
After World World War II, Marusarz finished 27th in the ski jump event both at the 1948 Winter Olympics and the 1952 Winter Olympics. His last Winter Olympic participation (but not competition) was at Cortina d"Ampezzo in 1956, where he ski jumped as a forejumper while 43 years old.
After the German attack on Poland in 1939, he joined the Alaska and fought for Poland"s independence until 1940, when he was captured and sentenced to death.
However, Marusarz successfully escaped from a German prison and fled to Hungary, where he stayed until the end of the war. In 1966, he was the author of a very memorable moment for Polish supporters when organizers of the Four Hills Tournament asked him to make a show jump. Marusarz jumped 66 m at 53 years of age.
Stanisław"s brother January Marusarz was likewise a prewar Polish Olympic skier.
During World World War II, January escorted famous Polish SOE agent Krystyna Skarbek across the Tatra Mountains, on skis, from Hungary into Poland. After the war, January lived in London, England, where he served as a factotum at the Polish White Eagle Club.
Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta - 2010, posthumously. Previously awarded the Commander"s Cross and the Knight"s Cross Cross of Valour - twice Gold Cross of Merit Armia Krajowa Cross Polish Army Medal - twice Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945 Badge of Honor Soldier Army Headquarters Distinguished Master of Sports, 1951.
