Maciej_Kot

Maciej Kot

Maciej Kot

Polish ski jumper (born 1991)


Maciej Kot (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmat͡ɕɛj ˈkɔt]; born 9 June 1991) is a Polish ski jumper. He is a member of the national team and competed at the Winter Olympics in 2014 and 2018. He is a 2017 World Champion and bronze medalist of 2013 World Championship in the team large hill event.

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Personal life

Maciej Kot was born in Limanowa, Poland, but raised in Zakopane. His father Rafał was a physiotherapist for the Polish ski jumping team, now he is a ski jumping expert for Polish national television. Maciej's older brother Jakub (born 1990) is a ski jumper as well. Maciej Kot graduated the University School of Physical Education in Krakow with master's degree in physical education (MPhEd).[1] Maciej is dating Agnieszka Lewkowicz, personal trainer and former athlete. They met at university.[2] On 18 May 2019 he married Agnieszka Lewkowicz.[3] His surname means 'cat' in Polish.

2016 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix in Hinzenbach on October 1, 2016.

Career

Kot's debut in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in December 2007 in Villach. The 2011/2012 World Cup season marked first time he scored points on the tour. On December 3, 2011 took 19th place on the hill in Lillehammer. Finally made it twelve times that winter, his best score was 12th place (twice) in Lahti on March 4 and March 11 in Oslo. In the overall World Cup was on 35 position, which was the third best record among the Poles. On March 15, 2012 at Letalnica in Planica set his personal record in the length of the stroke – 200.5 meter.

2012/2013

On July 21, 2012 during the Summer Grand Prix competition in Wisla to jump them. Maciej Kot stood on the podium first time in occupations that rank alongside Simon Ammann and Wolfgang Loitzl. On September 30, 2012 in Hinzenbach again was the winner of the competition Summer Grand Prix, ahead of the second Severin Freund and third Taku Takeuchi. In the 2012 season the Summer Grand Prix finally came in fifth place. On January 1, 2013 in New Year competition 61st Four Hills Tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen was 5th. In two consecutive contests also take up space in the top ten. Finally, in the overall tournament he was, thanks to a weak performance in the competition in Oberstdorf, on the 20th position.

Poland with bronze medals of the 2013 World Championship in team: with Stoch, Kubacki and Żyła.

In individual competitions at FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 took 11th place on the normal hill and 27th on the large hill. On March 2, 2013 he won there a bronze medal in team competition with teammates: Kamil Stoch, Dawid Kubacki, Piotr Żyła.[4] The primary outcome of the competition his team took fourth place, but after re-counting the scores because of Thomas Morgenstern, who noticed a mistake in the points and at the request of the Germans, they finished in third place (Norway was in front of the Polish, but Bardal's jump was badly counted).[5]

Season 2012/2013 was the best in his career so far. He was in top 10 seven times. The season ended on the 18th place in the overall World Cup. At the end of the season he won the title of team and individual Polish champion in ski jumping in Wisła, Poland.

2016/2017

In 2016 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix Kot won 5 of 10 competitions. He hold yellow bib for entire season and won overall.

On December 3, 2016 Polish national team including Żyła, Stoch, Kubacki and Kot won first competition in team for Poland in history.[6] In Zakopane Polish team, including Stoch, Kubacki, Kot, Żyła achieved second place in team competition. On January 28, 2017 Poland won their second team competition in history in Willingen.[7] Maciej made his first victory of FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in career on February 11, 2017.[8] He won ex aequo with Peter Prevc, both achieved 260.2 points.[9] Next day, he took fourth place.

On March 4, 2017 Polish national team, including Żyła, Kubacki, Kot and Stoch, achieved first in history title of 2017 World Champions in team event. They beat Norway and Austria at Salpausselkä K116 in Lahti, Finland.[10][11]

2017/2018

On February 19, 2018 Kot and his teammates Stefan Hula, Dawid Kubacki and Kamil Stoch achieved first medal in Olympic team competition for Poland. They claimed a bronze behind Norway and Germany.[12]

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References

  1. "Maciej Kot został magistrem". fakt.pl. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. Rafał Mielinowski (11 February 2017). "Dziewczynę Macieja Kota rozpiera duma. Zobacz, jak skomentowała jego wygraną". wp.pl. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  3. "Ślub Macieja Kota z Agnieszką Lewkowicz". Skoki-narciarskie.pl - wyniki, relacje na żywo, gry. 19 May 2019.
  4. "Brązowy medal drużyny skoczków na Mistrzostwach Świata w Val di Fiemme!". sportowysalon.pl. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  5. Kamil Wolnicki (2 March 2013). "Thomas Morgenstern pomógł Kamilowi Stochowi i kolegom". przegladsportowy.pl. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  6. Anna Karczewska (3 December 2016). "Historyczne zwycięstwo Polaków w Klingenthal!". pzn.pl. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  7. Szymon Łożyński (28 January 2017). "PŚ w Willingen: fenomenalny występ Polaków! Drugi triumf Biało-Czerwonych w sezonie!". wp.pl. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  8. Jacek Sroka (10 February 2017). "Skoki w Sapporo: Maciej Kot wygrał po raz pierwszy". dziennikzachodni.pl. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  9. Szymon Łożyński (11 February 2017). "PŚ w Sapporo: pierwszy triumf Macieja Kota w karierze! Nieudany konkurs Kamila Stocha". wp.pl. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  10. "Ski jumping: Polish team wins gold in Lahti". thenews.pl. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  11. "Poland soars to first team gold". fis-ski.com. 4 March 2017. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  12. Szymon Łożyński (19 February 2018). "Pjongczang 2018. Biało-Czerwoni nie zawiedli! Historyczny medal Polaków w drużynie! Złoto dla Norwegii". wp.pl. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
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  16. "RAW AIR - Cancelled". Rawaircom (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  17. "Skoki narciarskie. Klasyfikacja". www.skijumping.pl. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  18. "Skoki narciarskie. Klasyfikacja". www.skijumping.pl. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  19. S.A, Telewizja Polska (2021-01-05). "Koniec turnieju w skokach. Rozegrano... jedną edycję". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-11-12.

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