Jakub Kot | |
Fullname: | Jakub Kot |
Birth Date: | 1990 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Limanowa, Poland |
Club: | AZS Zakopane |
Personalbest: | 182.5m (598.8feet) Oberstdorf, 29 Jan 2010 |
Seasons: | 2009– |
Individual Starts: | 4 |
Updated: | 13 December 2016 |
Jakub Kot (born 19 January 1990) is a Polish ski jumper, and a member of the Polish youth ski jumping team.
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.[1] 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.