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Maciej Kot
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Maciej Kot (2015)
Country  Poland
Full name Maciej Kot
Born (1991-06-09) 9 June 1991 (age 33)
Limanowa, Poland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Ski club AZS Zakopane
Personal best 244.5 m (802 ft)
Vikersund, 18 March 2017
World Cup career
Seasons 2007–present
Individual wins 2
Team wins 3
Indiv. podiums 3
Team podiums 17
Indiv. starts 206
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze 2018 Pyeongchang Team LH
World Championships
Gold 2017 Lahti Team LH
Bronze 2013 Val di Fiemme Team LH
Updated on 12 December 2020.

Maciej Kot (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmat​͡ɕɛj 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.

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). Maciej is dating Agnieszka Lewkowicz, personal trainer and former athlete. They met at university. On 18 May 2019 he married Agnieszka Lewkowicz. His surname means 'cat' in Polish.

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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.

Dekoracja medalowa konkursu drużynowego (K-120) - Polacy (13)
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. 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).

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. 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. Maciej made his first victory of FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in career on February 11, 2017. He won ex aequo with Peter Prevc, both achieved 260.2 points. 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.

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.

Olympic Games

Place Day Year Locality Hill Point K HS Competition Jump 1 Jump 2 Note (points) Lost (points) Winner
7. February 9 2014 Krasnaya Polyana RusSki Gorki K-95 HS-106 individual 101.5 m 98.5 m 255.8 22.2 Kamil Stoch
12. February 15 2014 Krasnaya Polyana RusSki Gorki K-125 HS-140 individual 126.0 m 123.5 m 250.4 28.3 Kamil Stoch
4. February 17 2014 Krasnaya Polyana RusSki Gorki K-125 HS-140 team 131.5 m 129.0 m 1011.8 (251.8) 29.3 Germany
19. 10 February 2018 Pyeongchang Alpensia K-98 HS-109 individual 99.0 m 102.0 m 217.0 42.3 Andreas Wellinger
19. 17 February 2018 Pyeongchang Alpensia K-125 HS-140 individual 128.5 m 129.5 m 244.6 41.1 Kamil Stoch
3. Bronze medal.svg 19 February 2018 Pyeongchang Alpensia K-125 HS-142 team 129.5 m 133.0 m 1072.4 (255.3) 26.1 Norway

World Championships

Place Day Year Locality Hill Point K HS Competition Jump 1 Jump 2 Note (points) Lost (points) Winner
45. 21 February 2009 Liberec Ještěd K-90 HS-100 individual 86 m — 103.5 175.5 Wolfgang Loitzl
11. 23 February 2013 Predazzo Trampolino Dal Ben K-95 HS-106 individual 101.5 m 97 m 234.7 17.9 Anders Bardal
27. 28 February 2013 Predazzo Trampolino Dal Ben K-120 HS-134 individual 125.0 m 122.5 m 258.7 37.1 Kamil Stoch
3. FIS bronze medal.png 2 March 2013 Predazzo Trampolino Dal Ben K-120 HS-134 team 123.0 m 128.5 m 1121.0 (272.3) 14.9 Austria
5. 25 February 2017 Lahti Salpausselkä K-90 HS-97 individual 95.0 m 95.5 m 255.1 15.7 Stefan Kraft
6. 2 March 2017 Lahti Salpausselkä K-116 HS-130 individual 123.5 m 126.5 m 266.9 12.4 Stefan Kraft
1. FIS gold medal.png 4 March 2017 Lahti Salpausselkä K-116 HS-130 team 130,5 m 121,5 m 1104.2 (276.1) — —

Ski Flying World Championships

Place Day Year Locality Hill Point K HS Competition Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 3 Jump 4 Note (points) Loss (points) Winner
38. 24–25 February 2012 Vikersund Vikersundbakken K-195 HS-225 individual 159.5 m — — — 90.1 318.6 Robert Kranjec
7. 26 February 2012 Vikersund Vikersundbakken K-195 HS-225 team 174.0 m 178.5 m 1444.5 (300.0) 203.9 Austria
10. 14–15 March 2014 Harrachov Čerťák K-185 HS-205 individual 184.5 m 183.5 m — — 347.8 43.2 Severin Freund

World Cup

Season standings

Season Overall Ski-Flying Four Hills
Tournament		 Raw Air Willingen Five/ Willingen Six Planica 7 Titisee-Neustadt Five
2007–08 – – 54 – – – –
2008–09 – – 58 – – – –
2009–10 – – – – – – –
2010–11 – – – – – – –
2011–12 35 32 34 – – – –
2012–13 18 16 20 – – – –
2013–14 17 15 12 – – – –
2014–15 65 – – – – – –
2015–16 31 32 32 – – – –
2016–17 5 13 4 7 – – –
2017–18 21 31 23 32 17 28 –
2018–19 47 – 61 – 36 44 –
2019–20 42 – 31 28 – – 49
2020–21 58 – 42 – (tournament cancelled) – – – (tournament not held)

Individual starts

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Points
2007/08 Kuusamo HS142 Trondheim HS131 Trondheim HS131 Villach HS98 Villach HS98 Engelberg HS137 Engelberg HS137 Oberstdorf HS137 Garmisch-Partenkirchen HS140 Bischofshofen HS140 Bischofshofen HS140 Predazzo HS134 Predazzo HS134 Harrachov HS205 Zakopane HS134 Zakopane HS134 Sapporo HS134 Sapporo HS134 Liberec HS134 Liberec HS134 Willingen HS145 Kuopio HS127 Kuopio HS127 Lillehammer HS138 Oslo HS128 Planica HS215 Planica HS215 0
q q q 35 52 q 43 38 q 41 q – – – q 41 – – 44 31 36 50 48 q q – –
2008/09 Kuusamo HS142 Trondheim HS140 Trondheim HS140 Pragelato HS140 Pragelato HS140 Engelberg HS137 Engelberg HS137 Oberstdorf HS137 Garmisch-Partenkirchen HS140 Innsbruck HS130 Bischofshofen HS140 Tauplitz HS200 Tauplitz HS200 Zakopane HS134 Zakopane HS134 Whistler HS140 Whistler HS140 Sapporo HS134 Willingen HS145 Klingenthal HS140 Oberstdorf HS213 Lahti HS97 Kuopio HS127 Lillehammer HS138 Vikersund HS207 Planica HS215 Planica HS215 0
– – – – – – – – – – 35 – – – 47 – – – – – – – – – – – –
2009/10 Kuusamo HS142 Lillehammer HS138 Lillehammer HS138 Engelberg HS137 Engelberg HS137 Engelberg HS137 Oberstdorf HS137 Garmisch-Partenkirchen HS140 Innsbruck HS130 Bischofshofen HS140 Bad Mitterndorf HS200 Bad Mitterndorf HS200 Sapporo HS134 Sapporo HS134 Zakopane HS134 Zakopane HS134 Oberstdorf HS213 Klingenthal HS140 Willingen HS145 Lahti HS130 Kuopio HS127 Lillehammer HS138 Oslo HS134 0
– – – – – – – – – – – – q 35 q q – – – – – – –
2010/11 Kuusamo HS142 Kuopio HS127 Lillehammer HS138 Lillehammer HS138 Engelberg HS137 Engelberg HS137 Engelberg HS137 Oberstdorf HS137 Garmisch-Partenkirchen HS140 Innsbruck HS130 Bischofshofen HS140 Harrachov HS205 Harrachov HS205 Sapporo HS134 Sapporo HS134 Zakopane HS134 Zakopane HS134 Zakopane HS134 Willingen HS145 Klingenthal HS140 Oberstdorf HS213 Vikersund HS225 Vikersund HS225 Lahti HS130 Planica HS215 Planica HS215 0
– – – – – – – – – – – – – 40 45 46 q – – – – q q – q –
2011/12 Kuusamo HS142 Lillehammer HS100 Lillehammer HS138 Harrachov HS142 Harrachov HS142 Engelberg HS137 Engelberg HS137 Oberstdorf HS137 Garmisch-Partenkirchen HS140 Innsbruck HS130 Bischofshofen HS140 Bad Mitterndorf HS200 Bad Mitterndorf HS200 Zakopane HS134 Zakopane HS134 Sapporo HS134 Sapporo HS134 Predazzo HS134 Predazzo HS134 Willingen HS145 Oberstdorf HS213 Lahti HS97 Trondheim HS140 Oslo HS134 Planica HS215 Planica HS215 108
q 19 q 45 q 46 29 40 37 30 28 34 27 25 18 38 28 26 47 28 q 12 40 12 17 –
2012/13 Lillehammer HS100 Lillehammer HS138 Kuusamo HS142 Krasnaja Polana HS106 Krasnaja Polana HS106 Engelberg HS137 Engelberg HS137 Oberstdorf HS137 Garmisch-Partenkirchen HS140 Innsbruck HS130 Bischofshofen HS140 Wisła HS134 Zakopane HS134 Sapporo HS134 Sapporo HS134 Vikersund HS225 Vikersund HS225 Harrachov HS205 Harrachov HS205 Klingenthal HS140 Oberstdorf HS213 Lahti HS130 Kuopio HS127 Trondheim HS140 Oslo HS134 Planica HS215 Planica HS215 460
25 48 32 28 22 17 13 50 5 9 10 13 5 10 14 16 14 16 16 13 – 6 17 24 11 8 18
2013/14 Klingenthal HS140 Kuusamo HS142 Lillehammer HS100 Lillehammer HS138 Titisee-Neustadt HS142 Titisee-Neustadt HS142 Engelberg HS137 Engelberg HS137 Oberstdorf HS137 Garmisch-Partenkirchen HS140 Innsbruck HS130 Bischofshofen HS140 Tauplitz HS200 Tauplitz HS200 Wisła HS134 Zakopane HS134 Sapporo HS134 Sapporo HS134 Willingen HS145 Willingen HS145 Falun HS134 Lahti HS130 Lahti HS130 Kuopio HS127 Trondheim HS140 Oslo HS134 Planica HS139 Planica HS139 398
6 21 5 27 13 10 21 19 28 20 27 23 19 10 23 10 – – 20 16 10 q q 15 25 20 8 15
2014/15 Klingenthal HS140 Kuusamo HS142 Kuusamo HS142 Lillehammer HS138 Lillehammer HS138 Nizhny Tagil HS134 Nizhny Tagil HS134 Engelberg HS137 Engelberg HS137 Oberstdorf HS137 Garmisch-Partenkirchen HS140 Innsbruck HS130 Bischofshofen HS140 Tauplitz HS225 Wisła HS134 Zakopane HS134 Sapporo HS134 Sapporo HS134 Willingen HS145 Willingen HS145 Titisee-Neustadt HS142 Titisee-Neustadt HS142 Vikersund HS225 Vikersund HS225 Lahti HS130 Kuopio HS100 Trondheim HS140 Oslo HS134 Oslo HS134 Planica HS225 Planica HS225 17
29 q 41 – – 26 35 – – – – – – – 45 30 29 24 – 46 – – – – – – – – – – –
2015/16 Klingenthal HS140 Lillehammer HS100 Lillehammer HS100 Nizhny Tagil HS134 Nizhny Tagil HS134 Engelberg HS137 Engelberg HS137 Oberstdorf HS137 Garmisch-Partenkirchen HS140 Innsbruck HS130 Bischofshofen HS140 Willingen HS145 Zakopane HS134 Sapporo HS134 Sapporo HS134 Trondheim HS140 Vikersund HS225 Vikersund HS225 Vikersund HS225 Lahti HS130 Lahti HS100 Kuopio HS127 Almaty HS140 Almaty HS140 Wisła HS134 Titisee-Neustadt HS142 Planica HS225 Planica HS225 Planica HS225 165
46 18 34 15 18 q 30 32 36 35 28 26 12 12 13 41 30 30 39 – – – q 32 19 25 31 17 15
2016/17 Kuusamo HS142 Kuusamo HS142 Klingenthal HS140 Lillehammer HS138 Lillehammer HS138 Engelberg HS140 Engelberg HS140 Oberstdorf HS137 Garmisch-Partenkirchen HS140 Innsbruck HS130 Bischofshofen HS140 Wisła HS134 Wisła HS134 Zakopane HS134 Willingen HS145 Oberstdorf HS225 Oberstdorf HS225 Sapporo HS137 Sapporo HS137 Pyeongchang HS140 Pyeongchang HS109 Oslo HS134 Trondheim HS140 Vikersund HS225 Planica HS225 Planica HS225 985
5 8 5 5 2 12 15 12 7 6 5 9 5 12 13 18 6 1 4 7 1 11 13 14 12 14
2017/18 Wisła HS134 Kuusamo HS142 Nizhny Tagil HS134 Nizhny Tagil HS134 Titisee-Neustadt HS142 Engelberg HS140 Engelberg HS140 Oberstdorf HS137 Garmisch-Partenkirchen HS140 Innsbruck HS130 Bischofshofen HS140 Tauplitz HS235 Zakopane HS140 Willingen HS145 Willingen HS145 Lahti HS130 Oslo HS134 Lillehammer HS140 Trondheim HS140 Vikersund HS240 Planica HS240 Planica HS240 261
19 16 20 8 32 17 16 15 18 13 41 23 14 21 8 14 q 31 16 31 31 19
2018/19 Wisła HS134 Kuusamo HS142 Kuusamo HS142 Nizhny Tagil HS134 Nizhny Tagil HS134 Engelberg HS140 Engelberg HS140 Oberstdorf HS137 Garmisch-Partenkirchen HS142 Innsbruck HS130 Bischofshofen HS142 Predazzo HS135 Predazzo HS135 Zakopane HS140 Sapporo HS137 Sapporo HS137 Oberstdorf HS235 Oberstdorf HS235 Oberstdorf HS235 Lahti HS130 Willingen HS145 Willingen HS145 Oslo HS134 Lillehammer HS140 Trondheim HS138 Vikersund HS240 Planica HS240 Planica HS240 25
29 53 q 36 41 26 42 q q q 40 34 25 30 50 21 – – – 33 37 30 – – – – 35 –
2019/20 Wisła HS134 Kuusamo HS142 Nizhny Tagil HS134 Nizhny Tagil HS134 Klingenthal HS140 Engelberg HS140 Engelberg HS140 Oberstdorf HS137 Garmisch-Partenkirchen HS142 Innsbruck HS130 Bischofshofen HS142 Predazzo HS104 Predazzo HS104 Titisee-Neustadt HS142 Titisee-Neustadt HS142 Zakopane HS140 Sapporo HS137 Sapporo HS137 Willingen HS145 Tauplitz HS235 Tauplitz HS235 Râșnov HS97 Râșnov HS97 Lahti HS130 Lahti HS130 Lillehammer HS140 Lillehammer HS140 40
25 18 27 24 32 34 35 28 33 44 33 27 36 46 49 44 — — — — — — — — — 39 28
2020/21 Wisła HS134 Kuusamo HS142 Kuusamo HS142 Nizhny Tagil HS134 Nizhny Tagil HS134 Engelberg HS140 Engelberg HS140 Oberstdorf HS137 Garmisch-Partenkirchen HS142 Innsbruck HS130 Bischofshofen HS142 Titisee-Neustadt HS142 Titisee-Neustadt HS142 Zakopane HS140 Lahti HS130 Willingen HS145 Willingen HS145 TBD TBD TBD TBD Râșnov HS97 Oslo HS134 Lillehammer HS140 Trondheim HS138 Vikersund HS240 Planica HS240 Planica HS240 17
20 – – 25 31

Victories

Day Year Location Hill Point K HS Jump 1 Jump 2 Note (points)
1. 11 February 2017 Sapporo Ōkurayama K-120 HS-134 139.0 m 138.0 m 260.2
2. 16 February 2017 Pyeongchang Alpensia K-98 HS-109 108.5 m 110.5 m 256.2

Podiums

Day Year Location Hill Point K HS Jump 1 Jump 2 Note (points) Place Lost (points) Winner
1. 11 December 2016 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken K-123 HS-138 129.5 m 136.0 m 289.3 2. 0.6 Kamil Stoch
2. 11 February 2017 Sapporo Ōkurayama K-120 HS-134 139.0 m 138.0 m 260.2 1. – –
3. 16 February 2017 Pyeongchang Alpensia K-98 HS-109 108.5 m 110.5 m 256.2 1. – –

Team victories

Day Year Location Hill Point K HS Jump 1 Jump 2 Note (points)
1. 3 December 2016 Klingenthal Vogtlandarena K-125 HS-140 139.0 m 139.0 m 1128.7 pkt (296.9)
2. 28 January 2017 Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze K-130 HS-145 137.5 m 133.5 m 931.5 pkt (229.4)
3. 27 January 2018 Zakopane Wielka Krokiew K-125 HS-140 133.0 m 130.0 m 1092.0 pkt (260.1)

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