Václav Korunka
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Born | Jilemnice, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic | 25 December 1965||||||||||||||||||||
Ski club | Dukla Liberec | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup career | |||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 12 – (1988–1999) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Starts | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (11th in 1993) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Václav Korunka (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvaːtslaf ˈkoruŋka]; born December 25, 1965, in Jilemnice) is a former Czech cross-country skier who raced from 1988 to 1999. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary while his best individual Winter Olympics finish was a 13th in the 50 km event in 1992.[1]
Korunka also won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. His best individual finish at the World Championships was an eight in the 15 km event in those same championships.
Korunka won three FIS races in his career as well.
Cross-country skiing results
[edit]All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]
Olympic Games
[edit]- 1 medal – (1 bronze)
Year | Age | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
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1988 | 22 | — | 28 | — | — | — | Bronze |
1992 | 26 | 17 | — | 14 | — | 13 | 7 |
1994 | 28 | 59 | — | 37 | — | — | 8 |
World Championships
[edit]- 1 medal – (1 bronze)
Year | Age | 10 km | 15 km classical |
15 km freestyle |
Pursuit | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
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1989 | 23 | — | 8 | 14 | — | — | — | Bronze |
1991 | 25 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1993 | 27 | 23 | — | — | 16 | — | 9 | 8 |
1995 | 29 | 30 | — | — | — | — | 24 | — |
1997 | 31 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 38 | 8 |
1999 | 33 | 32 | — | — | 45 | 42 | — | 8 |
World Cup
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Season | Age | |||
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Overall | Long Distance | Sprint | ||
1988 | 22 | 38 | — | — |
1989 | 23 | 18 | — | — |
1990 | 24 | 32 | — | — |
1991 | 25 | 16 | — | — |
1992 | 26 | 36 | — | — |
1993 | 27 | 11 | — | — |
1994 | 28 | 56 | — | — |
1995 | 29 | 65 | — | — |
1996 | 30 | 31 | — | — |
1997 | 31 | 57 | 57 | 63 |
1998 | 32 | NC | NC | — |
1999 | 33 | 106 | NC | NC |
Individual podiums
[edit]- 3 podiums
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
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1 | 1990–91 | 5 January 1991 | ![]() |
15 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |
2 | 1992–93 | 12 December 1992 | ![]() |
10 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |
3 | 7 March 1993 | ![]() |
30 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |
Team podiums
[edit]- 3 podiums – (3 RL)
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammates |
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1 | 1987–88 | 4 February 1988 | ![]() |
4 × 10 km Relay F | Olympic Games[1] | 3rd | Nyč / Benc / Švanda |
2 | 1988–89 | 24 February 1989 | ![]() |
4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Championships[1] | 3rd | Švanda / Petrásek / Nyč |
3 | 1989–90 | 11 March 1990 | ![]() |
4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Švanda / Buchta / Nyč |
Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Winter Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Václav Korunka". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "KORUNKA Vaclav". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
External links
[edit]- Václav Korunka at FIS (cross-country)
- Václav Korunka at Olympics.com
- Václav Korunka at Olympedia
- Václav Korunka at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech)
- Olympic 4 x 10 km relay results: 1936-2002 at the Wayback Machine (archived 8 February 2008) (in Italian)
- 1965 births
- Cross-country skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Czech male cross-country skiers
- Czechoslovak male cross-country skiers
- Living people
- Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia
- Olympic cross-country skiers for Czechoslovakia
- Olympic cross-country skiers for the Czech Republic
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
- Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from Jilemnice
- Czechoslovak Olympic medalist stubs
- Czech Republic cross-country skiing biography stubs