page_title: Łukasz Kruczek
section_title: Ski jumping career
hierarchical_section_title: Łukasz Kruczek / Ski jumping career
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Łukasz Kruczek podczas konkursu drużynowego mężczyzn na skoczni normalnej podczas Mistrzostw Świata w Narciarstwie Klasycznym 2011 w Oslo.
context_page_description: Łukasz Paweł Kruczek is a Polish former ski jumper. He represented Poland at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, and is a four-time gold medalist at Universiade. From 2008 till 2016 he has been the coach of the Polish national ski jumping team. Since 2016 he is the coach of the Italian national ski jumping team
context_section_description: Kruczek started ski jumping when was 6 years old. His first club was LKS Klimczok Bystra. Until 1994 he practiced Nordic combined. He was Polish Junior Champion in Nordic combined three times. He resigned from the Nordic combined, because it was not a popular sport in Poland. He debuted in ski jumping World Cup in 1996 in Zakopane. Kruczek's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 32nd in the individual large hill event at Ramsau in 1999. He finished 46th at the 1996 Ski-flying World Championships in Bad Mitterndorf. He was at the Olympic Games 2002 in Salt Lake City, but did not start in any competition. He won four gold medals at the Universiade individually (1997, 1999, 2001) and one bronze with the team (2003). Kruczek's best World Cup career finish was 14th at a large hill event in Finland in 1999. He ended his career as a ski jumper after season 2002/2003.
caption: Kruczek in Oslo, 2011
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