Ondřej Bank

Ondřej Bank
— Alpine skier —
Disciplines Combined, Downhill, Super-G
Club Dukla Liberec
Born (1980-10-27) 27 October 1980
Zábřeh na Moravě, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
World Cup debut 9 January 2001 (age 20)
Retired 16 January 2016 (age 35)
Olympics
Teams 4 – (2002, 2006 2010, 2014)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 7 – (2001–2015)
Medals 0
World Cup
Seasons 9th – (2004–2015)
Wins 0
Podiums 2 – (2 SC)
Overall titles 0 – (26th in 2011)
Discipline titles 0 – (7th in SC, 2011)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing the
 Czech Republic

Ondřej Bank (Czech pronunciation: [ˈondr̝ɛj ˈbaŋk]) (born 27 October 1980) is a Czech retired World Cup alpine ski racer.

Born in Zábřeh na Moravě,[1] Bank began his international career in 1995 when he first competed at the Junior World Championship. His first World Cup race was in January 2001. Bank is a specialist in the combined event, and his two podiums came at Beaver Creek and Kitzbühel.

His biggest achievement is fifth place in the Giant Slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. It was the best Czech (or Slovak) Olympic skiing result since Peter Jurko placed fifth in the combined in 1988 at Calgary Olympics. On 22 February 2016 he announced that he would retire from skiing after bad results in the 2016 season. He didn't won a point in 10 starts. His last race was on 16 January 2016, a downhill in Wengen.[2]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom 		Super-G Downhill Combined
2004 23 93 — — — — 8
2005 24 126 — 48 — — —
2006 25 98 — — — — 22
2007 26 84 42 — — — 20
2008 27 74 44 — — — 17
2009 28 Unranked 0 points
2010 29 55 45 23 — — 16
2011 30 26 27 14 59 40 7
2012 31 Unranked 0 points
2013 32
2014 33 100 — 38 — 55 25
2015 34 41 — 35 38 31 5
2016 35 Unranked 0 points

Race podiums

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2008 29 Nov 2007 United States Beaver Creek, United States Super Combined3rd
2015 23 Jan 2015 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Super Combined3rd

World Championships results

  Year                  Location                 Age    Slalom     Giant  
  slalom   		 Super-G    Downhill  Combined
2001 St. Anton, Austria 20 DNF2 26 — — 6
2003 St.Moritz, Switzerland 22 DNF2 DNF1 41 37 16
2005 Bormio, Italy 24 DNF2 24 26 DNF 16
2007 Åre, Sweden 26 DNF1 17 36 35 10
2009 Val-d'Isère, France 28 — — — — —
2011 Garmisch, Germany 30 DNF1 19 17 21 5
2013 Schladming, Austria 32 — DNS1 — 27 11
2015 Beaver Creek, USA 34 — — DNF 7 DSQ1

Olympic results

  Year                  Location                 Age    Slalom     Giant  
  slalom   		 Super-G    Downhill  Combined
2002 Salt Lake City, United States 21 DNF2 DNF1 DNS 39 DNF3
2006 Turin, Italy 25 DNS1 16 DNF DNF 6
2010 Vancouver, Canada 29 11 17 — 30 7
2014 Sochi, Russia 33 DNS1 5 9 20 7

References

  1. ↑ http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=AL&competitorid=2820&type=result
  2. ↑ http://bigstory.ap.org/article/fd89b8e2d66e4bc484e9d05bad82fb15/czech-skier-bank-retires-year-after-bad-crash-worlds
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