Paweł Wąsek (born 2 June 1999 in Cieszyn) is a Polish ski jumper representing the sports club WSS Wisła. Wąsek was an Olympic athlete competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics. His sister, Katarzyna Wąsek, is an Alpine skier.

Paweł Wąsek
Paweł Wąsek (2017)
Country Poland
Full namePaweł Wąsek
Born (1999-06-02) 2 June 1999 (age 25)
Cieszyn, Poland
Height1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Ski clubWSS Wisła
Personal best210.5 m (691 ft)
Vikersund, 10 Mar 2022
World Cup career
Seasons2018–present
Updated on 10 April 2022.

Career

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Wąsek debuted in FIS Cup in September 2014 in Szczyrk at the age of 15 and took 67th place. He participated in the 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival. He finished it with an individual 42nd place and 6th place in the team competition. On 3 September 2016, Paweł Wąsek took 2nd place in FIS Cup in the swiss Einsiedeln. This wasn't just his first podium but also his first points in FIS Cup. One week later, he debuted in the Summer Continental Cup in Lillehammer taking 20th place. During that summer season, Wąsek stood on the podium three times in FIS Cup; 3rd place in Hinterzarten and 2nd and 1st place in Râșnov. He took 7th individual place in Junior World Cup in 2017, 5th in the male team, and 7th in the mixed team competition. In February and March of the same year, Wąsek managed to regularly gain points in the FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup and was the overall winner of the 2016-17 FIS Cup Wąsek debuted in the World Cup series on January 28, 2018 in Zakopane. He took 44th individual place.[1] His best individual result was 6th place in Nizhny Tagil on December 6, 2020.[2] Wąsek was an Olympic Athlete at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing where he finished 21st in the individual large hill competition and 6th in the team large hill competition.[3]

World Cup

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Season standings

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Season Overall Ski-Flying Four Hills
Tournament
Raw Air Willingen Five Planica 7 Titisee-Neustadt Five
2017–18 NQ
2018–19 67 54
2019–20 NQ 61
2020–21 45
2021–22 43 25 48 17

Individual starts

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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
2017/18                                             0
q 44
2018/19                                                         4
q 27 q q q 43 42 q 50 q
2019/20                                                       0
39 q 34 q 56 50
2020/21                                   TBD TBD TBD TBD               55
48 22 25 32 6

References

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  1. ^ Tomasz Kalemba (28 January 2018). "Paweł Wąsek: publiczność narobiła trochę szumu w głowie" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 12 December 2020.
  2. ^ Artur Bogacki (6 December 2020). "Skoki narciarskie WYNIKI PŚ Niżny Tagił 2020. Paweł Wąsek w czołówce konkursu w niedzielę" (in Polish).
  3. ^ "Pawel Wasek profile on olympics.com".
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