 Complete the following phrase:  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. Kruczeks best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 32nd in the individual large hill event at Ramsau in 