Kamil Stoch. This is how our ski jumping star changed. See photos from years ago of the jumper from Ząb [ARCHIWALNE ZDJĘCIA]
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Kamil Stoch is one of the most recognizable Polish athletes, he celebrates his 36th birthday on May 25th. In ski jumping, he has been fighting for the highest laurels for over a decade, he is a three-time Olympic champion. We invite you to see photos from his career and “non-sports” life. Our photographers immortalized the greatest successes, as well as meetings with young people, a flight in an F16 fighter jet, or a visit to… a prison. See how Kamil Stoch has changed over the years, how he looked before he was a jumping hero. Click on the “VIEW GALLERY” button and move the photos to the right – press the arrow or the NEXT button.
Stoch was born on May 25, 1987 in Zakopane. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers in history. He has three Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal (he competed four times at the Olympic Games – 2006-2018). He was a world champion both individually and as a team. He won the Crystal Globe three times for the World Cup scoring triumph, and he also won the prestigious Four Hills Tournament three times.
At the age of 12, he jumped 128 m on Wielka Krokiew. Then, in the TVP material, he said that he wanted to win Olympic gold. This dream has come true…
In 1999, he became the youth world champion. In 2004 and 2005, together with his friends, he won silver at the Junior World Championships. He made his debut in the World Cup in January 2004 in Zakopane, at the age of less than 17 years. He scored his first World Cup points a year later in Pragelato.
He stood on the podium of the World Cup for the first time in January 2011 in Zakopane – and from time to time on the highest level. So far, he has won the World Cup 39 times, the same as Adam Małysz (as of the 2022-23 season), in total he was on the podium 76 times.
- individual gold medal (large hill) and team bronze at the World Championships in Val di Fiemme/Predazzo 2013
- two gold medals individually at the 2014 Sochi Olympics
- team bronze medal at the World Championships in Falun 2015
- gold medals of the World Championships in Lahti in the 2017 team
- silver (individual) and bronze (team) Ski Flying World Championships in Obserstdorf 2018
- individual gold medal (large hill) and team bronze at the 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang
- silver medal individually (normal hill) of the World Championships in Seefeld 2019 on the normal hill
- bronze medal in the team at the World Ski Championships in Planica 2020
Places on the podium in the general classification of the World Cup
- 1st place – 2013/14
- 1st place – 2017/18
- 2nd place – 2016/17
- 3rd place – 2012/13
- 3rd place – 2018/19
Kamil Stoch grew up in the town of Ząb, where he lives to this day. He graduated from the School of Sports Championship in Zakopane. In 2012, he became a master of physical education at the Academy of Physical Education in Kraków. In 2010, he married Ewa Bilan (they met four years earlier during one of the competitions). The wife is jump manager.
Kamil Stoch is a fan of aviation, after the Olympic Games in Sochi he had the opportunity to fly – as a passenger – in the F16D “Jastrząb” fighter
He started his adventure with jumping in LKS Ząb. Later he was a player of Poroniec Poronin, currently he is in KS Eve-nement Zakopane.
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