Stefan Hula Jr.

Stefan Jarosław Hula Jr. (born 29 September 1986) is a Polish ski jumper, four-time Olympian (2006, 2010, 2018 and 2022), a bronze medalist of the 2018 Olympic Games in team.

Stefan Hula
Hula at the 2019 World Championships in Seefeld
Country	Poland
Full name	Stefan Hula Jr.
Born	(1986-09-29) 29 September 1986 (age 38) Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Ski club	KS Eve-nement Zakopane
Personal best	226.0 m (741.5 ft) Vikersund, 16 Mar 2018
World Cup career
Seasons	2006–present
Indiv. starts	208
Team podiums	7
Team wins	1
Medal record Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Team LH Ski Flying World Championships 2018 Oberstdorf Team
Updated on 12 December 2020.

Personal life

Stefan Hula Jr. was born in Szczyrk, Poland. His father Stefan Hula Sr. is a former Nordic combined skier and bronze medalist at the 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun. Hula Jr. has a brother, Przemysław, and two sisters, Katarzyna and Magdalena, who were trained in sledging. In May 2012, he married Marcelina. They run together the company "Huligans" in which Marcelina sews suits for ski jumpers (she sewed the suit, in which Kamil Stoch won two gold medals at Olympic Games in Sochi).^[1] Stefan and Marcelina have a daughter Milena (born 2011). In March 2017, he announced the upcoming birth of their second child.^[2] On March 23, 2017, his second daughter was born.

Career

At the 2006 Ski Flying World Championships, Hula finished ninth in the team and 37th in the individual events. His best individual World Cup finish was 6th in a large hill event in Kuopio, Finland in 2016. His best individual career finish was second twice in lesser events in 2005. In season 2017/18, he beat his best result and took 5th place in Oberstdorf.

On January 21, 2018 Hula and his teammates Stoch, Kubacki, and Żyła, won the first ever medal, a bronze, for Poland in ski flying in team competition.^[3] It was also the first medal for Hula in senior competition. On January 21, 2018 coach Horngacher officially appointed Stefan Hula to 2018 Winter Olympics.^[4] On January 27, 2018 he was chosen to team competition in Zakopane. Hula with teammates won team competition in Poland for the first time. It was also a first podium in World Cup for Hula. Next day, in individual competition Hula was leading after 1 round and overall took 4th place, which is his best individual result in World Cup.

Hula made his best at the 2018 Winter Olympics. In normal hill event, he was leading after the first jump, but he ended up in 5th place. On February 19, 2018, Hula and his teammates Maciej Kot, Dawid Kubacki and Kamil Stoch achieved the first medal in an Olympic team competition for Poland. They claimed bronze behind Norway and Germany.^[5]

Olympic Games

Place	Day	Year	Locality	Hill	Point K	HS	Competition	Jump 1	Jump 2	Note (points)	Loss (points)	Winner
29.	February 12	2006	Pragelato	Trampolino a Monte	K-95	HS-106	individual	95.5 m	90.5 m	218.0	48.5	Lars Bystøl
5.	February 20	2006	Pragelato	Trampolino a Monte	K-125	HS-140	team	118.0 m	119.0 m	894.4 (201.1)	89.6	Austria
31.	February 13	2010	Whistler	Whistler Olympic Park	K-95	HS-106	individual	95.0 m	—	112.5	164.0	Simon Ammann
19.	February 20	2010	Whistler	Whistler Olympic Park	K-125	HS-140	individual	122.5 m	124.0 m	217.2	66.4	Simon Ammann
6.	February 22	2010	Whistler	Whistler Olympic Park	K-125	HS-140	team	129.0 m	127.5 m	996.7 (240.7)	111.2	Austria
5.	February 10	2018	Pyeongchang	Alpensia	K-98	HS-109	individual	111.0 m	105.5 m	248.8	10.3	Andreas Wellinger
15.	February 17	2018	Pyeongchang	Alpensia	K-125	HS-140	individual	132.0 m	129.5 m	253.4	32.3	Kamil Stoch
3.	19 February	2018	Pyeongchang	Alpensia	K-125	HS-142	team	130.0 m	134.0 m	1072.4 (264.6)	26.1	Norway
26.[6]	6 February	2022	Zhangjiakou	Snow Ruyi National Ski Jumping Centre	K-95	HS-106	individual	103.0 m	93.5 m	237.8		Ryōyū Kobayashi

World Championships

Place	Day	Year	Locality	Hill	Point K	HS	Competition	Jump 1	Jump 2	Note (points)	Loss (points)	Winner
26.	February 21	2009	Liberec	Ještěd	K-90	HS-100	individual	94.5 m	89.5 m	234.5	47.5	Wolfgang Loitzl
4.	February 28	2009	Liberec	Ještěd	K-120	HS-134	team	127.0 m	125.0 m	972.1 (252.6)	62.2	Austria
4.	February 27	2011	Oslo	Midtstubakken	K-95	HS-106	team	97.5 m	93.0 m	953.0 (212.9)	72.5	Austria
33.	March 3	2011	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken	K-120	HS-134	individual	118.0 m	—	104.8	172.7	Gregor Schlierenzauer
5.	March 5	2011	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken	K-120	HS-134	team	113.5 m	—	435.6 (64.4)	64.4	Austria
4.	24 February	2019	Innsbruck	Bergisel	K-120	HS-130	team	113.5 m	116.5 m	909.1 (197.8)	78.4	Germany
12.	1 March	2019	Seefeld	Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze	K-99	HS-109	individual	88.0 m	100.0 m	205.8	12.5	Dawid Kubacki

Ski Flying World Championships

Place	Day	Year	Locality	Hill	Point K	HS	Competition	Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3	Jump 4	Note (points)	Loss (points)	Winner
37.	13–14 January	2006	Tauplitz	Kulm	K-185	HS-203	individual	140.5 m	—	—	—	114.6	673.6	Roar Ljøkelsøy
9.	15 January	2006	Tauplitz	Kulm	K-185	HS-203	team	137.5 m		—		463.7 (158.1)	1044.2	Norway
10.	24 February	2008	Oberstdorf	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze	K-185	HS-213	team	120.0 m		—		573.8 (84.0)	979.5	Austria
4.	21 March	2010	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek	K-185	HS-215	team	192.5 m		179.0 m		1452.5 (329.6)	188.9	Austria
21.	15–16 January	2016	Tauplitz	Kulm	K-200	HS-225	individual	202.5 m	167.5 m	193.0 m	—	450.4	189.7	Peter Prevc
5.	17 January	2016	Tauplitz	Kulm	K-200	HS-225	team	191.5 m		189.5 m		1211.9 (309.7)	255.8	Norway
13.	19–20 January	2018	Oberstdorf	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze	K-200	HS-235	individual	193.0 m	196.5 m	192.5 m	—	550.0	101.9	Daniel Andre Tande
3.	21 January	2018	Oberstdorf	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze	K-200	HS-235	team	206.0 m		210.0 m		1592.1 (392.9)	70.1	Norway

World Cup

Season standings

Season	Overall	Ski-Flying	Four Hills Tournament	Raw Air	Willingen Five	Planica 7	Titisee-Neustadt Five
2005–06	54	–	52	–	–	–	—
2006–07	60	43	65	–	–	–	—
2007–08	72	–	–	–	–	–	—
2008–09	44	46	–	–	–	–	—
2009–10	63	42	35	–	–	–	—
2010–11	39	34	41	–	–	–	—
2011–12	–	–	62	–	–	–	—
2012–13	54	–	30	–	–	–	—
2013–14	79	–	–	–	–	–	—
2014–15	78	–	–	–	–	—	–
2015–16	26	36	25	–	—	–	–
2016–17	32	–	20	78	–	–	—
2017–18	13	15	12	13	7	10	—
2018–19	40	—	36	39	27	66	—
2019–20	46	—	35	—	—	—	41
2020–21

Individual starts

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
2005/06																																19
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	47	45	–	–	22	21	–	q	q	46	q	40	–
2006/07																																26
	12	29	48	q	q	–	q	q	50	29	50	42	46	49	q	–	–	q	40	41	46	–	–	–
2007/08																																10
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	29	24	35	29	30	39	32	51	–	–	–	–	–	–
2008/09																																51
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	39	34	32	10	38	50	–	39	26	38	24	–	–
2009/10																																20
	–	–	–	39	37	27	37	48	41	25	31	29	30	37	29	q	–	–	–	45	47	35	26
2010/11																																95
	38	44	29	47	q	36	7	35	45	43	34	21	18	–	–	24	40	13	q	29	q	–	–	q	30	27
2011/12																																0
	33	41	q	33	35	40	33	q	q	50	55	–	–	46	32	q	45	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2012/13																																28
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	21	44	39	29	27	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	50	45	29	q	q	–
2013/14																																3
	–	q	47	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	44	42	36	28	38	46	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2014/15																																4
	42	q	49	–	–	–	–	q	34	–	–	–	–	–	27	q	–	–	–	–	–	–	q	q	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2015/16																																227
	–	22	10	23	q	22	32	42	24	27	24	18	21	16	14	38	26	36	q	14	30	6	–	–	16	20	33	26	25
2016/17																																110
	27	31	18	18	19	16	36	18	16	42	24	20	q	24	32	36	34	42	33	47	46	q	–	–	–	–
2017/18																																431
	7	21	27	40	13	22	13	5	27	11	14	14	4	6	12	17	42	9	11	17	21	13
2018/19																																69
	38	20	44	21	36	31	27	43	43	30	36	29	30	17	27	25	q	q	q	–	22	34	36	24	46	q	q
2019/20																																31
	38	22	q	25	q	25	25	30	40	50	49	32	28	40	39	q	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020/21																		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD											2
	29	–	–	41	35

Team victories

	Day	Year	Location	Hill	Point K	HS	Jump 1	Jump 2	Note (points)
1.	27 January	2018	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew	K-125	HS-140	136,0 m	135,5 m	1092.0 pkt (279.4)

References

1. "Żona Stefana Huli o tworzeniu kombinezonów dla skoczków narciarskich". wp.pl. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
2. "PŚ w skokach i Raw Air. Stefan Hula opuścił kadrę z powodów rodzinnych". interia.pl. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
3. Szymon Łożyński (21 January 2018). "25. MŚ w lotach: piękna walka Polaków! Historyczny medal dla Biało-Czerwonych! Złoto dla Norwegów". wp.pl. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
4. Adam Bucholz (21 January 2018). "Znamy skład Polski na Zimowe Igrzyska Olimpijskie w Pjongczangu!". skijumping.pl. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
5. Szymon Łożyński (19 February 2018). "Pjongczang 2018. Biało-Czerwoni nie zawiedli! Historyczny medal Polaków w drużynie! Złoto dla Norwegii". wp.pl. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
6. "Men's Normal Hill Individual" (PDF).

External links

• Stefan Hula at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Stefan Hula at Olympics.com
• Stefan Hula at Olympedia (archive)