Ondřej Bank
Personal information
Born (1980-10-27) 27 October 1980
Zábřeh na Moravě, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
OccupationAlpine skier
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesCombined, Downhill, Super-G
ClubDukla Liberec
World Cup debut9 January 2001 (age 20)
Retired16 January 2016 (age 35)
Olympics
Teams4 – (2002, 2006 2010, 2014)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams7 – (20012015)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons9 – (20042015)
Wins0
Podiums2 – (2 SC)
Overall titles0 – (26th in 2011)
Discipline titles0 – (7th in SC, 2011)

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. At the time, it was the best Czech 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 win any points with 10 starts. His last race was on 16 January 2016, a downhill in Wengen.[2]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombined
200423938
20052412648
2006259822
200726844220
200827744417
200928Unranked0 points
20102955452316
20113026271459407
201231Unranked0 points
201332
201433100385525
201534413538315
201635Unranked0 points

Race podiums

  • 2 podiums – (2 SC)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
200829 Nov 2007United States Beaver Creek, United StatesSuper Combined3rd
201523 Jan 2015Austria Kitzbühel, AustriaSuper Combined3rd

World Championships results

  Year                  Location                 Age    Slalom     Giant  
  slalom  
 Super-G    Downhill  Combined
2001St. Anton, Austria20DNF2266
2003St.Moritz, Switzerland22DNF2DNF1413716
2005Bormio, Italy24DNF22426DNF16
2007Åre, Sweden26DNF117363510
2009Val-d'Isère, France28
2011Garmisch, Germany30DNF11917215
2013Schladming, Austria32DNS12711
2015Beaver Creek, USA34DNF7DSQ1

Olympic results

  Year                  Location                 Age    Slalom     Giant  
  slalom  
 Super-G    Downhill  Combined
2002Salt Lake City, United States21DNF2DNF1DNS39DNF3
2006Turin, Italy25DNS116DNFDNF6
2010Vancouver, Canada291117307
2014Sochi, Russia33DNS159207

References

  1. "FIS-Ski - biographie". www.fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 2004-12-20.
  2. "Czech skier Bank retires, year after bad crash at worlds". Archived from the original on 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
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