Maciej Kot (Polish pronunciation: ; born 9 June 1991) 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 ...

. He is a member of the national team and competed at the

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and

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. 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 Limanowa is a 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 back to 1496, when it was documented as Ilmanowa, a rural es ...

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, but raised in

Zakopane Zakopane (Gorals#Language, Podhale Goral: ''Zokopane'') is a town in the 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 ...

. 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 Jakub is a masculine given name. It is the Polish, Belarusian, Czech, and Slovak form of the name Jacob.Jakub at beh ...

(born 1990) is a

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 Lewkowicz is a surname of Polish origin, often Polish-Jewish, related to Lefkowitz. It can refer to the following persons: * Josef Lewkowicz (1926–2024), Polish-born Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter * Sampson Lewkowicz (born 1951), an Uruguaya ...

. His surname means 'cat' in Polish. 20161001 FIS Sommer Grand Prix Hinzenbach 5482

Career

Kot's debut in

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took place in December 2007 in

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. 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

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and

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. On September 30, 2012 in Hinzenbach again was the winner of the competition Summer Grand Prix, ahead of the second

Severin Freund Severin Freund (born 11 May 1988) is a German former ski jumper and current TV expert. He competed at World Cup level from 2008 to 2022, and is one of the most successful ski jumpers from Germany, having won the overall World Cup title in 2015, ...

and third

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. 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. In individual competitions at

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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 Kamil Wiktor Stoch (; born 25 May 1987) is a Polish Ski jumping, ski jumper. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers in the history of the sport, having won two FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup titles, three Four Hills Tournaments (two o ...

Dawid Kubacki Dawid Grzegorz Kubacki ( ; born 12 March 1990) is a Polish Ski jumping, ski jumper. He is a member of the national team and competed at the Winter Olympics in 2014 Winter Olympics, 2014, 2018 Winter Olympics, 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics, 2022, ...

Piotr Żyła Piotr Paweł Żyła (Polish pronunciation: ; born 16 January 1987) is a Polish Ski jumping, ski jumper. He is a member of the national team and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He is the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021, 2021 ...

. The primary outcome of the competition his team took fourth place, but after re-counting the scores because of

Thomas Morgenstern Thomas Morgenstern (born 30 October 1986) is an Austrian former ski jumper who competed from 2002 to 2014. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, having won the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup overall title twice with 23 ...

, 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,

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

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. Maciej made his first victory of

in career on February 11, 2017. He won ex aequo with

Peter Prevc Peter Prevc (; born 20 September 1992) is a Slovenian former ski jumper. He won the 2016 Ski Jumping World Cup overall title and four Olympic medals, including gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the mixed team event. He also won the 2016 Fou ...

, 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

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2017/2018

On February 19, 2018 Kot and his teammates Stefan Hula,

and

achieved first medal in Olympic team competition for Poland. They claimed a bronze behind Norway and Germany.

Olympic Games

World Championships

Ski Flying World Championships

World Cup

Season standings

Individual starts

Victories

Podiums

Team victories

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kot, Maciej 1991 births Living people Polish male ski jumpers Sportspeople from Limanowa Skiers from Lesser Poland Voivodeship FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Olympic ski jumpers for Poland Ski jumpers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Winter World University Games medalists in ski jumping Ski jumpers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Poland Olympic medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics FISU World University Games silver medalists for Poland FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Poland Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade 21st-century Polish sportsmen