# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jerzy-kukuczka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:45:28.452Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/jerzy-kukuczka"
name: "Jerzy Kukuczka"
slug: "jerzy-kukuczka"
description: "Józef Jerzy Kukuczka was a Polish mountaineer, regarded as one of the greatest high-altitude climbers in history. In 1987, he became the second man to climb all 14 eight-thousanders in the world, a feat known as the \"Crown of the Himalayas.\" He accomplished this feat in less than eight years, and climbed all, except for Lhotse, by new routes or in winter. He is the only person to have climbed two eight-thousanders in one winter, and his ascents of Cho Oyu, Kangchenjunga and Annapurna were the first winter ascents. His ascent of K2 in 1986, in alpine style with Tadeusz Piotrowski, is now known as the Polish Line. No other mountaineers have attempted an ascent using the route since."
tagline: "Polish alpine and high-altitude climber (1948–1989)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1948-03-24"
deathDate: "1989-10-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump