Jakub Kot (born 19 January 1990) is a Polish

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fin ...

, and a member of the Polish youth ski jumping team.

Personal life

Kot was born in

Limanowa Limanowa (german: Ilmenau, yi, לימינוב ''Liminuv'') is a small town in southern Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is the capital of Limanowa County and had a population of 15,132 in 2012. History Mentions of the town date ba ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill ...

, but raised in

Zakopane Zakopane ( Podhale Goral: ''Zokopane'') is a town in the extreme south of Poland, in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998, it was part of Nowy Sącz Voivodeship; since 1999, it has been p ...

. His father Rafał was a physiotherapist for the Polish ski jumping team. Jakub's younger brother

Maciej Maciej (Polish pronunciation: ) is a Polish given name, the etymological equivalent of Matthias. Its diminutive forms are Maciek, Maciuś. Namedays according to Polish calendar: 30 January, 24 February, 14 May Maciej may refer to: Arts and ent ...

(born 1991) is also a

. On 22 October 2016 in Zakopane, he married Joanna Pilch. On 17 March 2017 his wife gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Otylia. In September 2018 his second daughter was born.

Career

He is currently in the youth team of Poland. He debuted in the Continental Cup in the season 2007/2008. He competed at the World Junior Championships 2009 in

Štrbské Pleso Štrbské pleso (, german: Tschirmer See, pl, Szczyrbskie jezioro, hu, Csorbató or ) is a picturesque mountain lake of glacial origin and a top tourist destination in the High Tatras, Slovakia. It is the second-largest glacial lake on the ...

, where the individual was 20th and won a bronze medal in the normal hill with Polish team -

Maciej Kot Maciej Kot (Polish pronunciation: ; 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 ...

Grzegorz Miętus Grzegorz Miętus (; born February 20, 1993, in Zakopane) is a Polish ski jumper. Personal life Grzegorz Miętus was born in Zakopane, Poland, but lives in Dzianisz. His elder brother, Krzysztof Miętus, has competed in ski jumping at the Wint ...

and Andrzej Zapotoczny. On 26 March 2013 he won the Polish Championship with the team AZS Zakopane - Krzysztof Miętus,

and his brother

References

1990 births Living people Polish male ski jumpers Universiade medalists in ski jumping People from Limanowa Universiade bronze medalists for Poland Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade {{Skijumping-bio-stub