Martin Koukal
 Martin Koukal during the Tour de Ski in Oberhof, Thuringia, Germany in January 2010. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Martin Koukal (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmarcɪn ˈkoukal]) (born 25 September 1978 in Nové Město na Moravě) is a Czech cross-country skier and mountaineer who has been competing since 1996. He won two medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with gold in 50 km (2003[1]) and a bronze in the team sprint (2005). Koukal's best finish at the Winter Olympics was a seventh in the 50 km freestyle mass start in 2006. He also won eight other events in his career from 1998 to 2005 in distances up to 15 km. He has some mountaineering successes, like his Cho Oyu, Huascarán and Kangchenjunga expeditions. His younger brother, Petr, plays ice hockey for HC Pardubice in Czech Extraliga and in 2010 also became world champion of his own.
References[]
- ^ "Martin Koukal Leaves Czech National Team for 2011/12 Season". Skitrax. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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- 1978 births
- Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Czech male cross-country skiers
- Living people
- Olympic cross-country skiers of the Czech Republic
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Czech Republic
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- People from Nové Město na Moravě