Mateusz Rutkowski

Mateusz Rutkowski (18 April 1986 − 7 January 2024) was a Polish ski jumper.
Biography
Mateusz Rutkowski was born in Skrzypne, Poland. He had a younger brother Łukasz, who is also a ski jumper.

At the age of 18 he won the gold medal at the Junior World Championships. He became the first Polish representative in history to win a Gold medal at that level. Seeing his great success in 2004 one of the top senior ski jumper Adam Małysz commented that "he has great talent potential". But unfortunately, due to discipline issues, problems with Alcohol, neglecting training and then getting caught when he was driving under the influence of alcohol saw Rutkowski getting kicked out of the national team the following season. He never returned to the ski jumping after that.

After that for a very long time it was not known what was happening in his life. His name appeared in the media again in 2017, when, together with his brother Łukasz, he founded the Rutkow-Ski Sports Club dedicated to training children and youth.

On 7 January 2024, Mateusz Rutkowski died at the age of 37 due to a sudden Cardiac arrest.
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Category:1986 births
Category:2024 deaths
Category:Polish skiers
Category:Deaths from cardiac arrest