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Jakub Kot
Polish ski jumper
Jakub Kot (born 19 January 1990) is a Polish ski jumper,[1] and a member of the Polish youth ski jumping team.
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Country | Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Jakub Kot | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1990-01-19) 19 January 1990 (age 34) Limanowa, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ski club | AZS Zakopane | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best | 182.5 m (599 ft) Oberstdorf, 29 Jan 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 2009– | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Starts | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 13 December 2016. |
Kot was born in Limanowa, Poland, but raised in Zakopane. His father Rafał was a physiotherapist for the Polish ski jumping team. Jakub's younger brother Maciej (born 1991) is also a ski jumper.[2] 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.
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, where the individual was 20th and won a bronze medal in the normal hill with Polish team - Maciej Kot, Grzegorz Miętus and Andrzej Zapotoczny. On 26 March 2013 he won the Polish Championship with the team AZS Zakopane - Krzysztof Miętus, Grzegorz Miętus and his brother Maciej Kot.
- "Athlete Profile - Maciej KOT". Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
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