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| Full name | Jakub Kot | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 January 1990 Limanowa, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | AZS Zakopane | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 182.5 m (599 ft) Oberstdorf, 29 Jan 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 2009– | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jakub Kot (born 19 January 1990) is a Polish ski jumper, [1] and a member of the Polish youth ski jumping team.
Kot was born in Limanowa, Poland, but raised in Zakopane. His father Rafał was a physiotherapist for the Polish ski jumping team. Jakub's younger brother Maciej (born 1991) is also a ski jumper. [2] On 22 October 2016 in Zakopane, he married Joanna Pilch. On 17 March 2017 his wife gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Otylia. In September 2018 his second daughter was born.
He is currently in the youth team of Poland. He debuted in the Continental Cup in the season 2007/2008. He competed at the World Junior Championships 2009 in Štrbské Pleso, where the individual was 20th and won a bronze medal in the normal hill with Polish team – Maciej Kot, Grzegorz Miętus and Andrzej Zapotoczny. On 26 March 2013 he won the Polish Championship with the team AZS Zakopane – Krzysztof Miętus, Grzegorz Miętus and his brother Maciej Kot.