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Stefan Hula Jr.

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Stefan Hula
Hula at the 2019 World Championships in Seefeld
Country Poland
Full nameStefan Hula Jr.
Born (1986-09-29) 29 September 1986 (age 38)
Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Ski clubKS Eve-nement Zakopane
Personal best226.0 m (741.5 ft)
Vikersund, 16 Mar 2018
World Cup career
Seasons2006–present
Starts208
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang Team LH
Ski Flying World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Oberstdorf Team
Updated on 12 December 2020.

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.

Personal life

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Season standings

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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

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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 Kuusamo Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Harrachov Harrachov Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Sapporo Sapporo Zakopane Zakopane Willingen Lahti Kuopio Lillehammer Oslo Planica Planica 19
47 45 22 21 q q 46 q 40
2006/07 Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Vikersund Zakopane Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Klingenthal Willingen Lahti Kuopio Oslo Oslo Planica Planica Planica 26
12 29 48 q q q q 50 29 50 42 46 49 q q 40 41 46
2007/08 Kuusamo Trondheim Trondheim Villach Villach Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bischofshofen Bischofshofen Predazzo Predazzo Harrachov Zakopane Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Liberec Liberec Willingen Kuopio Kuopio Lillehammer Oslo Planica Planica 10
29 24 35 29 30 39 32 51
2008/09 Kuusamo Trondheim Trondheim Pragelato Pragelato Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Tauplitz Zakopane Zakopane Whistler Whistler Sapporo Willingen Klingenthal Oberstdorf Lahti Kuopio Lillehammer Vikersund Planica Planica 51
18 39 34 32 10 38 50 39 26 38 24
2009/10 Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Engelberg Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Bad Mitterndorf Bad Mitterndorf Sapporo Sapporo Zakopane Zakopane Oberstdorf Klingenthal Willingen Lahti Kuopio Lillehammer Oslo 20
39 37 27 37 48 41 25 31 29 30 37 29 q 45 47 35 26
2010/11 Kuusamo Kuopio Lillehammer Lillehammer Engelberg Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Harrachov Harrachov Sapporo Sapporo Zakopane Zakopane Zakopane Willingen Klingenthal Oberstdorf Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Planica Planica 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 Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Harrachov Harrachov Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Bad Mitterndorf Bad Mitterndorf Zakopane Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Predazzo Predazzo Willingen Oberstdorf Lahti Trondheim Oslo Planica Planica 0
33 41 q 33 35 40 33 q q 50 55 46 32 q 45
2012/13 Lillehammer Lillehammer Kuusamo Krasnaja Polana Krasnaja Polana Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Wisła Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Vikersund Vikersund Harrachov Harrachov Klingenthal Oberstdorf Lahti Kuopio Trondheim Oslo Planica Planica 28
21 44 39 29 27 21 50 45 29 q q
2013/14 Klingenthal Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Tauplitz Wisła Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Willingen Falun Lahti Lahti Kuopio Trondheim Oslo Planica Planica 3
q 47 44 42 36 28 38 46
2014/15 Klingenthal Kuusamo Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Wisła Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Willingen Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Kuopio Trondheim Oslo Oslo Planica Planica 4
42 q 49 q 34 27 q q q
2015/16 Klingenthal Lillehammer Lillehammer Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Willingen Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Trondheim Vikersund Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Lahti Kuopio Almaty Almaty Wisła Titisee-Neustadt Planica Planica Planica 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 Kuusamo Kuusamo Klingenthal Lillehammer Lillehammer Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Wisła Wisła Zakopane Willingen Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Sapporo Sapporo Pyeongchang Pyeongchang Oslo Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 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 Wisła Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Zakopane Willingen Willingen Lahti Oslo Lillehammer Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 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 Wisła Kuusamo Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Predazzo Predazzo Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Lahti Willingen Willingen Oslo Lillehammer Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 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 Wisła HS134 Kuusamo HS142 Nizhny Tagil HS134 Nizhny Tagil HS134 Klingenthal HS140 Engelberg HS140 Engelberg HS140 Oberstdorf HS137 Garmisch-Partenkirchen HS142 Innsbruck HS130 Bischofshofen HS142 Predazzo HS104 Predazzo HS104 Titisee-Neustadt HS142 Titisee-Neustadt HS142 Zakopane HS140 Sapporo HS137 Sapporo HS137 Willingen HS145 Tauplitz HS235 Tauplitz HS235 Râșnov HS97 Râșnov HS97 Lahti HS130 Lahti HS130 Lillehammer HS140 Lillehammer HS140 31
38 22 q 25 q 25 25 30 40 50 49 32 28 40 39 q
2020/21 Wisła HS134 Kuusamo HS142 Kuusamo HS142 Nizhny Tagil HS134 Nizhny Tagil HS134 Engelberg HS140 Engelberg HS140 Oberstdorf HS137 Garmisch-Partenkirchen HS142 Innsbruck HS130 Bischofshofen HS142 Titisee-Neustadt HS142 Titisee-Neustadt HS142 Zakopane HS140 Lahti HS130 Willingen HS145 Willingen HS145 TBD TBD TBD TBD Râșnov HS97 Oslo HS134 Lillehammer HS140 Trondheim HS138 Vikersund HS240 Planica HS240 Planica HS240 2
29 41 35

Team victories

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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

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  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).
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