Dawid Kubacki

Dawid Grzegorz Kubacki (Polish pronunciation: [ˈdavid kuˈbat͡ski]; born 12 March 1990) is a Polish ski jumper. He is a member of the national team and competed at the Winter Olympics in 2014, 2018 and 2022, winning two bronze medals. He is the 2019 World Champion on the normal hill and winner of the 2019-20 Four Hills Tournament, as well as the 2017 World Champion and bronze medal winner at the 2013 World Championships in the large hill team competitions.

Personal life

Kubacki and Marta Majcher became engaged in August 2018 and were wed in early May 2019. Their daughter, Zuzanna, was born on 29 December 2020.

Career

In international competitions debuted on 25 September 2005 in the FIS Cup competition in Bischofshofen. On 14 January 2006, he scored the first points in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, taking 22nd place in the competition in Harrachov. On 18 March 2007, for the first time took part in Continental Cup. He was 26th in the competition in Zakopane.

2012/2013

In individual competitions at FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 took 31st place on the normal hill and 20th on the large hill. On 2 March 2013 he won there a bronze medal in team competition with teammates: Kamil Stoch, Maciej Kot, Piotr Żyła. Kubacki jumped 126 m and 128 m. The primary outcome of the competition his team took fourth place, but after re-counting the scores because of Thomas Morgenstern, who noticed a mistake in points and at the request of the Germans, they finished in third place (Norway was in front of the Polish, but Bardal's jump was badly counted).