- Stanislav Loska
Stanislav Loska IPA2|ˈstaɲɪslaf ˈloska (born
21 June 1968 ) is a veteran on theCzech paralympic team , competing in alpine andcrosscountry skiing . The2006 Winter Paralympics inTurin were his fourthParalympic Games . At the1994 Winter Paralympics inLillehammer he won the bronze medal in slalom. He won the same medal in theworld championship in Lech inAustria . At the1998 Winter Paralympics inNagano he placed fourth and fifth. In the world championships inAnzère he won the bronze medal in the slalom and an invitation to the 2002 Winter Paralympic Games inSalt Lake City .Stanislav Loska was born in
Ostrava . He learned to ski as soon as he could stand. His coming ski career broke an accident in 1988. He studied inBrno the Faculty of Civil Engineering of theBrno University of Technology . He used to come back home by train throughPřerov , where he had to wait until the locomotive was changed. One day it was changed earlier and Loska almost missed the train. He tried to jump into the accelerating train, but he fell under it and lost his left arm.
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