Stefan Hula Jr.

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Stefan Hula

Hula at the 2019 World Championships in Seefeld
Personal information
Full name	Stefan Jarosław Hula
Nationality	Poland
Born	(1986-09-29) 29 September 1986 (age 40) Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Sport	Skiing
Club	KS Eve-nement Zakopane
World Cup career
Seasons	2006–2023
Indiv. starts	208
Team podiums	7
Team wins	1
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	226.0 m (741.5 ft) Vikersund, 16 March 2018
Medal record Representing  Poland Men's ski jumping Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Team LH Men's ski flying World Championships 2018 Oberstdorf Team
Updated on 12 December 2020

Stefan Jarosław Hula (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

Hula was born in Bielsko-Biała, Poland. He has a brother, Przemysław, and two sisters, Katarzyna and Magdalena, who trained in sledging. His father, also named Stefan, was a former Nordic combined skier and bronze medalist at the 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun.

In May 2012, he married Marcelina. Together, they run the company "Huligans", where Marcelina sews suits for ski jumpers (she sewed the suit in which Kamil Stoch won two gold medals at the Olympic Games in Sochi). They have two daughters, born in 2011 and 2017.

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 21 January 2018 Hula and his teammates Stoch, Kubacki, and Żyła, won the first ever medal, a bronze, for Poland in ski flying in team competition. It was also the first medal for Hula in senior competition. On 21 January 2018 coach Horngacher officially appointed Stefan Hula to 2018 Winter Olympics. On 27 January 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 19 February 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.

Olympic Games

Place	Day	Year	Locality	Hill	Point K	HS	Competition	Jump 1	Jump 2	Note (points)	Loss (points)	Winner
29.	12 February	2006	Pragelato	Trampolino a Monte	K-95	HS-106	individual	95.5 m	90.5 m	218.0	48.5	Lars Bystøl
5.	20 February	2006	Pragelato	Trampolino a Monte	K-125	HS-140	team	118.0 m	119.0 m	894.4 (201.1)	89.6	Austria
31.	13 February	2010	Whistler	Whistler Olympic Park	K-95	HS-106	individual	95.0 m	—	112.5	164.0	Simon Ammann
19.	20 February	2010	Whistler	Whistler Olympic Park	K-125	HS-140	individual	122.5 m	124.0 m	217.2	66.4	Simon Ammann
6.	22 February	2010	Whistler	Whistler Olympic Park	K-125	HS-140	team	129.0 m	127.5 m	996.7 (240.7)	111.2	Austria
5.	10 February	2018	Pyeongchang	Alpensia	K-98	HS-109	individual	111.0 m	105.5 m	248.8	10.3	Andreas Wellinger
15.	17 February	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 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

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

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

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stefan Hula.

• Stefan Hula at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Stefan Hula at Olympics.com
• Stefan Hula at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (in Polish) (archive)
• Stefan Hula at Olympedia
• Stefan Hula at InterSportStats
• Stefan Hula on Instagram