Andrzej Stękała ([ˈandʐɛj stɛŋˈkawa]; 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.
| Andrzej Stękała | |
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 Andrzej Stękała (2016) | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Born | 30 June 1995 Zakopane, Poland |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] |
| Ski club | AZS Zakopane |
| Personal best | 235 m (771 ft) Vikersund, 14 February 2016 |
| World Cup career | |
| Seasons | 2015–present |
| Indiv. starts | 43 |
| Indiv. podiums | 1 |
| Team starts | 1 |
| Team podiums | 3 |
Medal record | |
| Updated on 6 March 2021. | |
Career
editStękała'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 2016 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]
Personal life
editOn 1 January 2025, Stękała came out as gay, adding that he was in an eight-year relationship with a man who died in 2024.[6][7]
World Championships
edit| Place | Day | Year | Locality | Hill | Point K | HS | Competition | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Note (points) | Loss (points) | Winner |
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| 30. | 27 February | 2021 | Oberstdorf | Schattenbergschanze | K-95 | HS-106 | individual | 95.0 m | 87.5 m | 211.6 | 57.2 | Piotr Żyła |
| 21. | 5 March | 2021 | Oberstdorf | Schattenbergschanze | K-120 | HS-137 | individual | 121.5 m | 122.5 m | 219.2 | 57.3 | Stefan Kraft |
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6 March | 2021 | Oberstdorf | Schattenbergschanze | K-120 | HS-137 | team | 122.5 m | 127.0 m | 1031.2 (232.4) | 15.4 | Germany |
Ski Flying World Championships
edit| Place | Day | Year | Locality | Hill | Point K | HS | Competition | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 3 | Jump 4 | Note (points) | Loss (points) | Winner |
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| 10. | 11–12 December | 2020 | Planica | Letalnica bratov Gorišek | K-200 | HS-240 | individual | 224.5 m | 215.5 m | 224.5 m | 212.0 m | 792.4 | 84.8 | Karl Geiger |
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13 December | 2020 | Planica | Letalnica bratov Gorišek | K-200 | HS-240 | team | 228.0 m | 229.0 m | 1665.5 (430.2) | 62.2 | Norway | ||
World Cup
editSeason standings
edit| Season | Overall | Ski-Flying | Four Hills Tournament |
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| 2015–16 | 34 | 31 | 51 |
| 2020–21 | 16 | 17 | 6 |
| 2021–22 | 60 | 29 | 51 |
Individual starts
edit| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Points |
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References
edit- ^ "Andrzej STĘKAŁA – sylwetka" (in Polish). skijumping.pl. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ Michał Bugno (14 December 2015). "Andrzej Stękała zadebiutuje w Pucharze Świata" (in Polish). wp.pl. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Puchar Świata w skokach narciarskich: Stękała, Kot, Hula i Stoch na podium w Zakopanem" (in Polish). sport.dziennik.pl. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Puchar Świata w Planicy: Nowy rekord Polski Kamila Stocha. Polacy na podium!" (in Polish). gp24.pl. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ Piotr Majchrzak (29 January 2021). "Kapitalna forma Polaków w Willingen! Stękała wygrywa kwalifikacje! Rekord Murańki" (in Polish). sport.pl. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ "Skoki narciarskie. „Nie chcę już uciekać. Jestem sobą" – Andrzej Stękała po utracie ukochanej osoby". Skijumping.pl (in Polish). 1 January 2025.
- ^ "Polish ski jumper Andrzej Stekala says he is gay and mourns loss of partner". AP News. 2 January 2025.
External links
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- Andrzej Stękała at FIS (ski jumping)
