Martin Koukal

Martin Koukal
Medal record
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Martin Koukal in 2010.
Men's cross country skiing
Competitor for  Czech Republic
Olympic Games
Bronze 2010 Vancouver 4x10 km relay
World Championships
Gold 2003 Val di Fiemme 50 km
Bronze 2005 Oberstdorf Team sprint

Martin Koukal (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmarcɪn ˈkou̯kal]) (born September 25, 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) 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 the Cho Oyu, Huascarán and Kachenjenga 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

v · World champions in men's 50 km cross-country skiing

1925: František Donth (TCH) • 1926: Matti Raivio (FIN) • 1927: John Lindgren (SWE) • 1929: Anselm Knuuttila (FIN) • 1930: Sven Utterström (SWE) • 1931: Ole Stenen (NOR)  • 1933: Veli Saarinen (FIN)  • 1934: Elis Wiklund (SWE)  • 1935: Nils-Joel Englund (SWE)  • 1937: Pekka Niemi (FIN)  • 1938: Kalle Jalkanen (FIN)  • 1939: Lars Bergendahl (NOR)  • 1950: Gunnar Eriksson (SWE)  • 1954: Vladimir Kuzin (URS)  • 1958: Sixten Jernberg (SWE)  • 1962: Sixten Jernberg (SWE)  • 1966: Gjermund Eggen (NOR)  • 1970: Kalevi Oikarainen (FIN)  • 1974: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR)  • 1978: Sven-Åke Lundbäck (SWE)  • 1982: Thomas Wassberg (SWE)  • 1985: Gunde Svan (SWE)  • 1987: Maurilio De Zolt (ITA)  • 1989: Gunde Svan (SWE)  • 1991: Torgny Mogren (SWE)  • 1993: Torgny Mogren (SWE)  • 1995: Silvio Fauner (ITA)  • 1997: Mika Myllylä (FIN)  • 1999: Mika Myllylä (FIN)  • 2001: Johann Mühlegg (ESP)  • 2003: Martin Koukal (CZE)  • 2005: Frode Estil (NOR)  • 2007: Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR)  • 2009: Petter Northug (NOR)  • 2011: Petter Northug (NOR)


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