Maciej Kot
{{Short description|Polish ski jumper (born 1991)}}
{{Infobox skier
| name = Maciej Kot
| image = 20150927 FIS Summer Grand Prix Hinzenbach 4666.jpg
| caption = Maciej Kot (2015)
| nationality = {{POL}}
| fullname = Maciej Kot
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|6|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = Limanowa, Poland
| height = 1.78 m
| club = AZS Zakopane
| personalbest = {{convert|244.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}
Vikersund, 18 March 2017
| seasons = 2007–present
| wins = 2
| teamwins = 3
| totalpodiums = 3
| teampodiums = 17
| events_in_yellow =
| individual_starts = 206
| team_starts =
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Pyeongchang|Team LH}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships|}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Lahti|Team LH}}
{{MedalBronze|2013 Val di Fiemme|Team LH}}
| updated = 12 December 2020
}}
Maciej Kot (Polish pronunciation: {{IPAc-pl|'|m|a|ć|e|j|-|'|k|o|t}}; 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).{{cite web|url =http://www.fakt.pl/sport/inne-sporty/maciej-kot-zostal-magistrem-wychowania-fizycznego/vm9lrnm | title =Maciej Kot został magistrem | date =7 July 2015 | website =fakt.pl | access-date = 29 January 2018}} Maciej is dating Agnieszka Lewkowicz, personal trainer and former athlete. They met at university.{{cite web|url =https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/sportowybar/665631/dziewczyne-macieja-kota-rozpiera-duma-zobacz-jak-skomentowala-jego-wygrana | title =Dziewczynę Macieja Kota rozpiera duma. Zobacz, jak skomentowała jego wygraną | date =11 February 2017 | website =wp.pl | author=Rafał Mielinowski | access-date = 29 January 2018}} On 18 May 2019 he married Agnieszka Lewkowicz.{{Cite web|url=https://skoki-narciarskie.pl/slub-macieja-kota-z-agnieszka-lewkowicz/|title=Ślub Macieja Kota z Agnieszką Lewkowicz|date=19 May 2019|website=Skoki-narciarskie.pl - wyniki, relacje na żywo, gry}} His surname means 'cat' in Polish.
File:20161001 FIS Sommer Grand Prix Hinzenbach 5482.jpg 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.
File:Dekoracja medalowa konkursu drużynowego (K-120) - Polacy (13).jpg 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.{{cite web|url =http://sportowysalon.pl/brazowy-medal-druzyny-skoczkow-na-mistrzostwach-swiata-w-val-di-fiemme/ | title =Brązowy medal drużyny skoczków na Mistrzostwach Świata w Val di Fiemme! | date =2 March 2013 | website =sportowysalon.pl | access-date = 29 January 2018}} 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).{{cite web|url =http://www.przegladsportowy.pl/sporty-zimowe/mistrzostwa-swiata-w-narciarstwie-klasycznym-2013,thomas-morgenstern-pomogl-kamilowi-stochowi-i-kolegom,artykul,160125,1,1048.html | title =Thomas Morgenstern pomógł Kamilowi Stochowi i kolegom | date =2 March 2013 | website =przegladsportowy.pl | author=Kamil Wolnicki | access-date = 29 January 2018}}
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.{{cite web|url =http://www.pzn.pl/skoki-narciarskie/aktualnosci/art3065,historyczne-zwyciestwo-polakow-w-klingenthal.html | title =Historyczne zwycięstwo Polaków w Klingenthal! | date =3 December 2016 | website =pzn.pl | author=Anna Karczewska | access-date = 29 January 2018}} 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.{{cite web|url =https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/skoki-narciarskie/662366/ps-w-willingen-fenomenalny-wystep-polakow-drugi-triumf-bialo-czerwonych-w-sezoni | title =PŚ w Willingen: fenomenalny występ Polaków! Drugi triumf Biało-Czerwonych w sezonie! | date =28 January 2017 | website =wp.pl | author=Szymon Łożyński | access-date = 29 January 2018}} Maciej made his first victory of FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in career on February 11, 2017.{{cite web|url =http://www.dziennikzachodni.pl/sport/sporty-zimowe/skoki-narciarskie/a/skoki-w-sapporo-maciej-kot-wygral-po-raz-pierwszy,11783063/ | title =Skoki w Sapporo: Maciej Kot wygrał po raz pierwszy | date =10 February 2017 | website =dziennikzachodni.pl | author=Jacek Sroka | access-date = 29 January 2018}} He won ex aequo with Peter Prevc, both achieved 260.2 points.{{cite web|url =https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/skoki-narciarskie/665553/ps-w-sapporo-pierwszy-triumf-macieja-kota-w-karierze-nieudany-konkurs-kamila-sto | title =PŚ w Sapporo: pierwszy triumf Macieja Kota w karierze! Nieudany konkurs Kamila Stocha | date =11 February 2017 | website =wp.pl | author=Szymon Łożyński | access-date = 29 January 2018}} 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.{{cite web|url =http://thenews.pl/1/5/Artykul/296374,Ski-jumping-Polish-team-wins-gold-in-Lahti | title =Ski jumping: Polish team wins gold in Lahti | date =4 March 2017 | website =thenews.pl | access-date = 29 January 2018}}{{cite web | url =http://www.fis-ski.com/ski-jumping/news-multimedia/news/article=poland-soars-first-team-gold.html | title =Poland soars to first team gold | date =4 March 2017 | website =fis-ski.com | access-date =29 January 2018 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180124204316/http://www.fis-ski.com/ski-jumping/news-multimedia/news/article=poland-soars-first-team-gold.html | archive-date =24 January 2018 | url-status =dead }}
=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.{{cite web|url =https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/pjongczang-2018/738867/pjongczang-2018-bialo-czerwoni-nie-zawiedli-historyczny-medal-polakow-w-druzynie | title =Pjongczang 2018. Biało-Czerwoni nie zawiedli! Historyczny medal Polaków w drużynie! Złoto dla Norwegii | date =19 February 2018 | website =wp.pl | author=Szymon Łożyński | access-date = 19 February 2018}}
Olympic Games
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| Place
! Day ! Year ! Locality ! Hill ! Point K ! HS ! Competition ! Jump 1 ! Jump 2 ! Note (points) ! Lost (points) ! Winner |
|---|
| 7.
|align=right|February 9 |2014 |align=left|Krasnaya Polyana |align=left|RusSki Gorki |K-95 |HS-106 |individual |101.5 m |98.5 m |255.8 |22.2 |
| 12.
|align=right|February 15 |2014 |align=left|Krasnaya Polyana |align=left|RusSki Gorki |K-125 |HS-140 |individual |126.0 m |123.5 m |250.4 |28.3 |
| 4.
|align=right|February 17 |2014 |align=left|Krasnaya Polyana |align=left|RusSki Gorki |K-125 |HS-140 |team |131.5 m |129.0 m |1011.8 (251.8) |29.3 |
| 19.
|align=right|10 February |2018 |align=left|Pyeongchang |align=left|Alpensia |K-98 |HS-109 |individual |99.0 m |102.0 m |217.0 |42.3 |
| 19.
|align=right|17 February |2018 |align=left|Pyeongchang |align=left|Alpensia |K-125 |HS-140 |individual |128.5 m |129.5 m |244.6 |41.1 |
| bgcolor=CC9966
|3. 15px |align=right|19 February |2018 |align=left|Pyeongchang |align=left|Alpensia |K-125 |HS-142 |team |129.5 m |133.0 m |1072.4 (255.3) |26.1 | Norway |
World Championships
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| Place
! Day ! Year ! Locality ! Hill ! Point K ! HS ! Competition ! Jump 1 ! Jump 2 ! Note (points) ! Lost (points) ! Winner | |
|---|---|
| 45.
|align=right|21 February |2009 |align=left|Liberec |align=left|Ještěd |K-90 |HS-100 |individual |86 m | —
|103.5 |175.5 |
| 11.
|align=right|23 February |2013 |align=left|Predazzo |align=left|Trampolino Dal Ben |K-95 |HS-106 |individual |101.5 m |97 m |234.7 |17.9 | |
| 27.
|align=right|28 February |2013 |align=left|Predazzo |align=left|Trampolino Dal Ben |K-120 |HS-134 |individual |125.0 m |122.5 m |258.7 |37.1 | |
| bgcolor=CC9966 | 3. 15px
|align=right|2 March |2013 |align=left|Predazzo |align=left|Trampolino Dal Ben |K-120 |HS-134 |team |123.0 m |128.5 m |1121.0 (272.3) |14.9 |
| 5.
|align=right|25 February |2017 |align=left|Lahti |align=left|Salpausselkä |K-90 |HS-97 |individual |95.0 m |95.5 m |255.1 |15.7 | |
| 6.
|align=right|2 March |2017 |align=left|Lahti |align=left|Salpausselkä |K-116 |HS-130 |individual | 123.5 m | 126.5 m | 266.9 | 12.4 | |
| bgcolor=EFD00D | 1. 15px
|align=right|4 March |2017 |align=left|Lahti |align=left|Salpausselkä |K-116 |HS-130 |team | 130,5 m | 121,5 m | 1104.2 (276.1) |— |— |
Ski Flying World Championships
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| Place
! Day ! Year ! Locality ! Hill ! Point K ! HS ! Competition ! Jump 1 ! Jump 2 ! Jump 3 ! Jump 4 ! Note (points) ! Loss (points) ! Winner |
|---|
| 38.
|align=right|24–25 February |2012 |align=left|Vikersund |align=left|Vikersundbakken |K-195 |HS-225 |individual | 159.5 m | — | — | — | 90.1 | 318.6 |
| 7.
|align=right|26 February |2012 |align=left|Vikersund |align=left|Vikersundbakken |K-195 |HS-225 |team |colspan=2| 174.0 m |colspan=2| 178.5 m | 1444.5 (300.0) | 203.9 | Austria |
| 10.
|align=right|14–15 March |2014 |align=left|Harrachov |align=left|Čerťák |K-185 |HS-205 |individual |184.5 m |183.5 m |— |— | 347.8 | 43.2 |
World Cup
=Season standings=
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| class="hintergrundfarbe5"
! width="90"| Season ! width="90"| Overall ! width="90"| Ski-Flying ! width="90"| Four Hills ! width="90"| Raw Air ! width="90"| Willingen Five/ Willingen Six ! width="90"| Planica 7 ! width="90"| Titisee-Neustadt Five |
| align=center| 2007–08
| align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| 54 | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – |
| align=center| 2008–09
| align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| 58 | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – |
| align=center| 2009–10
| align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – |
| align=center| 2010–11
| align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – |
| align=center| 2011–12
| align=center| 35 | align=center| 32 | align=center| 34 | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – |
| align=center| 2012–13
| align=center| 18 | align=center| 16 | align=center| 20 | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – |
| align=center| 2013–14
| align=center| 17 | align=center| 15 | align=center| 12 | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – |
| align=center| 2014–15
| align=center| 65 | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – |
| align=center| 2015–16
| align=center| 31 | align=center| 32 | align=center| 32 | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – |
| align=center| 2016–17
| align=center| 5 | align=center| 13 | align=center| 4 | align=center| 7 | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| – |
| align=center| 2017–18
| align=center| 21 | align=center| 31 | align=center| 23 | align=center| 32 | align=center| 17 | align=center| 28 | align=center| – |
| align=center| 2018–19
| align=center| 47 | align=center| – | align=center| 61 | align=center| – | align=center| 36 | align=center| 44 | align=center| – |
| align=center| 2019–20
| align=center| 42 | align=center| – | align=center| 31 | align=center| 28 | align=center| – | align=center| – | align=center| 49 |
| align=center| 2020–21
| align=center| – (tournament cancelled){{Cite web|title=RAW AIR - Cancelled|url=https://www.rawair.com/news/raw-air---cancelled2/|access-date=2021-11-12|website=Rawaircom|language=nb}} | align=center| – (tournament not held){{Cite web|last=S.A|first=Telewizja Polska|date=2021-01-05|title=Koniec turnieju w skokach. Rozegrano... jedną edycję|url=https://sport.tvp.pl/51655549/koniec-turnieju-titisee-neustadt-five-rozegrano-jedna-edycje|access-date=2021-11-12|website=sport.tvp.pl|language=pl}} |
=Individual starts=
=Victories=
| width=100% style="font-size: 89%; text-align:center" class=wikitable |
| ! Day
! Year ! Location ! Hill ! Point K ! HS ! Jump 1 ! Jump 2 ! Note (points) |
|---|
| 1.
|align=right|11 February |2017 |align=left|Sapporo |align=left|Ōkurayama |K-120 |HS-134 |139.0 m |138.0 m |260.2 |
| 2.
|align=right|16 February |2017 |align=left|Pyeongchang |align=left|Alpensia |K-98 |HS-109 |108.5 m |110.5 m |256.2 |
=Podiums=
| width=100% style="font-size: 89%; text-align:center" class=wikitable |
| ! Day
! Year ! Location ! Hill ! Point K ! HS ! Jump 1 ! Jump 2 ! Note (points) ! Place ! Lost (points) ! Winner |
|---|
| 1.
|align=right|11 December |2016 |align=left|Lillehammer |align=left|Lysgårdsbakken |K-123 |HS-138 |129.5 m |136.0 m |289.3 |2. |0.6 |
| 2.
|align=right|11 February |2017 |align=left|Sapporo |align=left|Ōkurayama |K-120 |HS-134 |139.0 m |138.0 m |260.2 |1. | – | – |
| 3.
|align=right|16 February |2017 |align=left|Pyeongchang |align=left|Alpensia |K-98 |HS-109 |108.5 m |110.5 m |256.2 |1. | – | – |
=Team victories=
| width=100% style="font-size: 89%; text-align:center" class=wikitable |
| ! Day
! Year ! Location ! Hill ! Point K ! HS ! Jump 1 ! Jump 2 ! Note (points) |
|---|
| 1.
|align=right| 3 December |2016 |align=left| Klingenthal |align=left| Vogtlandarena |K-125 |HS-140 |139.0 m |139.0 m |1128.7 pkt (296.9) |
| 2.
|align=right| 28 January |2017 |align=left| Willingen |align=left| Mühlenkopfschanze |K-130 |HS-145 |137.5 m |133.5 m |931.5 pkt (229.4) |
| 3.
|align=right| 27 January |2018 |align=left| Zakopane |align=left| Wielka Krokiew |K-125 |HS-140 |133.0 m |130.0 m |1092.0 pkt (260.1) |
References
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External links
- {{FIS ski jumper|118113}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
- {{Olympedia}}
{{Footer World Champions SJ Team LH Men}}
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