
The three-time Olympic champion will act as a liaison between the national teams and association officials.
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PZN's talks with Stoch lasted three months. The player ended his career after the 2025/26 season.
The Polish Ski Association emphasized in a statement that talks with Stoch on how to use the experience of the three-time Olympic champion had been going on for three months.
He is liked by players and coaches, and he takes every topic very seriously. That's why we really wanted to involve Kamil in cooperation with the Polish Ski Association. I talked to the national team coach, Maciej Maciusiak, but also to the players. They are simply very happy to have Kamil close to them - assured Apoloniusz Tajner, president of PZN.
Stoch emphasized that he never intended to hide his knowledge. He noted that he was happy that someone wanted to benefit from his experience.
This is how it should work to develop this sport in our country. I must admit that I was a bit surprised by the proposal I received from the Polish Ski Association, so I needed some time to think about it - said Stoch, quoted in the PZN press release.
What will Stoch's function be?
39-year-old Stoch, known as the "Rocket from Ząb", is to be a link between the national teams and union activists.
The association wants to have a person who perfectly understands the players' problems, but also knows them very well. I like this new feature. Interestingly, colleagues were not surprised by this. They admitted that for them this was the normal course of events and they were happy with this turn of events, Stoch added.
Stoch is one of the greatest Polish athletes in history. At the Olympic Games, he triumphed in individual competitions on the large and normal hill in Sochi (2014) and on the large hill in Pyeongchang (2018), where he also won bronze in the team competition. He has won six medals in the ski jumping world championships and three more in the flying world championships. He won the final World Cup standings twice and won the prestigious Four Hills Tournament three times. He ended his career after the 2025/26 season.

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