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Lukas Bauer began with sports in the Skoda Ostrov Club at the age of 8, but this club was focused more on bringing the sport and fun closer to kids than on results... He moved to Slovan Karlovy Vary when he was fourteen to be more focused on the results... Right from the beginning Bauer came to the sport group of coach Miroslav Petrasek, who has been his personal coach until this year... he reached his first podium in the Czech Nationals at the age of seventeen and one year later he became a member of the Junior National Team. He competed in the Junior World Championships in 1996 in Asiago (17th place over 10km C; 7th place in relay; 37th place over 30km F). In Calgary, a year after he took his first international medal, which was a silver, in the 30km F and showed strong performances with a 4th place in relay and a 8th in 10km C. These results gained him access to the Czech World Championships team for Trondheim 1997.From the JWCH in Calgary he flew directly to his first World Championships in Trondheim. He took part in 10km C (47th) and relay (8th). His first Olympics were the 1998 Nagano Games and his first World Cup podium was the second place in Kuusamo in 2001 over 15km C. Shortly after that he won his first World Cup in Nove Mesto na Morave 2002 over 15km F. Normally Bauer prefers classic style to skating but he is an universal skier, who can succeed... |
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Lukas Bauer:"I want to be the fastest climber"
The Czech ace moves up to the fifth place before the last FIS Tour de Ski stage. Photo: NordicFocus
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| EDUCATION | High technical school | ||
| OCCUPATION | Student, Sports instructor | ||
| FAMILY | Mother - Danuse, father - Dalibor, brother - Jan, sister - Petra | ||
| WHAT ARE YOUR FAMILY DETAILS? | wife - Katerina children - Matyas, Aneta | ||
| WHAT LANGUAGES DO YOU SPEAK? | Czech, English | ||
| MY WEB PAGE | www.lukas-bauer.cz |





