Andrzej Stękała (; born 30 June 1995) is a Polish
ski jumper
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, a member of the Polish national team and bronze medalist of the
Ski Flying World Championships (
2020
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) in team.
Career
Stękała's World Cup debut took place in
Engelberg
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in 2015. His best result so far is third place with the Polish team at a team event in
Zakopane
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in 2016. On 12 February 2016, on
Vikersundbakken
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, he improved his personal best to 168 m. The next day he made a new personal best – 198 m. On 14 February 2016, he improved his personal best in the qualification during the same weekend in
Vikersund
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to 235 m, which is 16.5 m less than the Polish national record (the record 251.5 m belongs to
Kamil Stoch).
On 29 January 2021, he won the first qualifications in his career after a 152-meter jump (one meter shorter than the then hill record) in
Willingen.
Personal life
On 1 January 2025, Stękała came out as gay, adding that he was in an eight-year relationship with a man who died in 2024.
World Championships
Ski Flying World Championships
World Cup
Season standings
Individual starts
References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
Skiers from Zakopane
Polish male ski jumpers
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
21st-century Polish sportsmen
Gay sportsmen
LGBTQ ski jumpers
Polish LGBTQ sportspeople