Andrzej Stękała Explained

Andrzej Stękała
Birth Date:30 June 1995
Birth Place:Zakopane, Poland
Height:1.78 m[1]
Club:AZS Zakopane
Personalbest:235m (771feet)
Vikersund, 14 February 2016
Seasons:2015–present
Totalpodiums:1
Teampodiums:3
Individual Starts:43
Team Starts:1
Updated:6 March 2021

Andrzej Stękała (; born 30 June 1995) is a Polish ski jumper, a member of the Polish national team and bronze medalist of the Ski Flying World Championships (2020) in team.

Career

Stękała's World Cup debut took place in Engelberg in 2015.[2] His best result so far is third place with the Polish team at a team event in Zakopane in 2016.[3] On 12 February 2016, on Vikersundbakken, he improved his personal best to 168 m. The next day he made a new personal best – 198 m. On 14 February 2015 he improved his personal best in the qualification during the same weekend in Vikersund to 235 m, which is 16.5 m less than the Polish national record (the record 251.5 m belongs to Kamil Stoch).[4]

On 29 January 2021 he won the first qualifications in his career after a 152-meter jump (one meter shorter than the then hill record) in Willingen.[5]

Ski Flying World Championships

PlaceDayYearLocalityHillPoint KHSCompetitionJump 1Jump 2Jump 3Jump 4Note (points)Loss (points)Winner
10.11–12 December2020PlanicaLetalnica bratov GorišekK-200HS-240individual224.5 m215.5 m224.5 m212.0 m792.484.8Karl Geiger
3. 13 December2020PlanicaLetalnica bratov GorišekK-200HS-240team228.0 m229.0 m1665.5 (430.2)62.2Norway

World Cup

Season standings

SeasonOverallSki-FlyingFour Hills
Tournament
2015–16342851
2020–216

Individual starts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Andrzej STĘKAŁA – sylwetka . skijumping.pl . 29 January 2021 . pl.
  2. Web site: Michał Bugno . Andrzej Stękała zadebiutuje w Pucharze Świata . wp.pl . 1 January 2021 . pl . 14 December 2015.
  3. Web site: Puchar Świata w skokach narciarskich: Stękała, Kot, Hula i Stoch na podium w Zakopanem . sport.dziennik.pl . 1 January 2021 . pl . 23 January 2016.
  4. Web site: Puchar Świata w Planicy: Nowy rekord Polski Kamila Stocha. Polacy na podium! . gp24.pl . 29 January 2021 . pl . 25 March 2017.
  5. Web site: Piotr Majchrzak . Kapitalna forma Polaków w Willingen! Stękała wygrywa kwalifikacje! Rekord Murańki . sport.pl . 29 January 2021 . pl . 29 January 2021.