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) Winner29.12 February2006PragelatoTrampolino a MonteK-95HS-106individual95.5 m90.5 m218.048.5Lars Bystøl5.20 February2006PragelatoTrampolino a MonteK-125HS-140team118.0 m119.0 m894.4 (201.1)89.6Austria31.13 February2010WhistlerWhistler Olympic ParkK-95HS-106individual95.0 m—112.5164.0Simon Ammann19.20 February2010WhistlerWhistler Olympic ParkK-125HS-140individual122.5 m124.0 m217.266.4Simon Ammann6.22 February2010WhistlerWhistler Olympic ParkK-125HS-140team129.0 m127.5 m996.7 (240.7)111.2Austria5.10 February2018PyeongchangAlpensiaK-98HS-109individual111.0 m105.5 m248.810.3Andreas Wellinger15.17 February2018PyeongchangAlpensiaK-125HS-140individual132.0 m129.5 m253.432.3Kamil Stoch3. 19 February2018PyeongchangAlpensiaK-125HS-142team130.0 m134.0 m1072.4 (264.6)26.1 Norway26.6 February2022ZhangjiakouSnow Ruyi National Ski Jumping CentreK-95HS-106individual103.0 m93.5 m237.8Ryōyū Kobayashi

World Championships Place Day Year Locality Hill Point K HS Competition Jump 1 Jump 2 Note (points) Loss (points) Winner26.21 February2009LiberecJeštědK-90HS-100individual94.5 m89.5 m234.547.5Wolfgang Loitzl4.28 February2009LiberecJeštědK-120HS-134team127.0 m125.0 m972.1 (252.6)62.2Austria4.27 February2011OsloMidtstubakkenK-95HS-106team97.5 m93.0 m953.0 (212.9)72.5Austria33.3 March2011OsloHolmenkollbakkenK-120HS-134individual118.0 m—104.8172.7Gregor Schlierenzauer5.5 March2011OsloHolmenkollbakkenK-120HS-134team113.5 m—435.6 (64.4)64.4Austria 4.24 February2019InnsbruckBergiselK-120HS-130team 113.5 m 116.5 m 909.1 (197.8) 78.4 Germany 12.1 March2019SeefeldToni-Seelos-OlympiaschanzeK-99HS-109individual 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) Winner37.13–14 January2006TauplitzKulmK-185HS-203individual140.5 m — — — 114.6 673.6 Roar Ljøkelsøy9.15 January2006TauplitzKulmK-185HS-203team 137.5 m — 463.7 (158.1) 1044.2 Norway10.24 February2008OberstdorfHeini-Klopfer-SkiflugschanzeK-185HS-213team 120.0 m — 573.8 (84.0) 979.5 Austria4.21 March2010PlanicaLetalnica bratov GorišekK-185HS-215team 192.5 m 179.0 m 1452.5 (329.6) 188.9 Austria21.15–16 January2016TauplitzKulmK-200HS-225individual 202.5 m 167.5 m 193.0 m— 450.4 189.7 Peter Prevc5.17 January2016TauplitzKulmK-200HS-225team 191.5 m 189.5 m 1211.9 (309.7) 255.8 Norway 13.19–20 January2018OberstdorfHeini-Klopfer-SkiflugschanzeK-200HS-235individual193.0 m196.5 m192.5 m— 550.0 101.9Daniel Andre Tande 3. 21 January2018OberstdorfHeini-Klopfer-SkiflugschanzeK-200HS-235team 206.0 m 210.0 m 1592.1 (392.9) 70.1 Norway

World Cup Season standings Season Overall Ski-Flying Four HillsTournament 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 Points2005/06 19 – – – – – – – – –4745 – –2221 –qq46q40 –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 262010/11 9538442947q367354543342118 – –244013q29q – –q30272011/12 03341q33354033qq5055 – –4632q45 – – – – – – – – –2012/13 28 – – – – – – –214439292721 – – – – – – – –504529qq –2013/14 3 –q47 – – – – – – – – – – –444236283846 – – – – – – – –2014/15 442q49 – – – –q34 – – – – –27q – – – – – –qq – – – – – – –2015/16 227 –221023q22324224272418211614382636q14306 – –16203326252016/17 110273118181916361816422420q2432363442334746q – – – –2017/18 431 7212740132213527111414461217429111721132018/19 6938204421363127434330362930172725qqq –2234362446qq2019/20 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 January2018 Zakopane Wielka KrokiewK-125HS-140136,0 m135,5 m1092.0 pkt (279.4)

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