Martin KOUKAL

Martin KOUKAL

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CZECH SPRINT SPECIALIST MARTIN KOUKAL STARTS IN CZECH ATHLETIC LEAGE

05/14/2010 "It will variegate my spring training" says Koukal READ MORE

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CAREER IN SHORT

 OLYMPICS STARTS 10
 WORLD CUP PODIUMS 2
 WORLD CUP STARTS 136
   

BASIC INFO

 EDUCATION Vocational school
 OCCUPATION Student
 FAMILY Wife, 2 children, Parents, brother
 WHAT ARE YOUR FAMILY DETAILS? My wife name is Vanda and she take care about our children-Sebastian(200ž)and Sandra(2009) Father Frantisek is medical doctor and mother is kindergarden teacher My 4years younger brother Petr play the highest czech ice hockey league for Pardubice
 WHAT LANGUAGES DO YOU SPEAK? Czech, English, German
   

ATHLETES PROFILE

 FUNCTION IN THE TEAM Athlete
 NAME Martin KOUKAL
 GENDER Male
 BIRTH DAY 25
 BIRTH MONTH September
 BIRTH YEAR 1978
 HOMETOWN Nove Mesto na Morave
 COUNTRY CZE
 RELATIONSHIP STATUS Single
 ZODIAC SIGN Libra
   

CROSS COUNTRY CARREER

 HOW AND WHEN DID YOU BEGIN CROSS-COUNTRY? Pretty simply-When I was around 3years old, someone put the skis on my legs and I started to walk. Thru the time I moved faster and faster until now.
 HAVE YOU HAD TO OVERCOME ANY SERIOUS INJURIES? shoulder surgery after crash in skiathlon race on WCH in Sapporo 2007
 WHAT IS YOUR TYPICAL TRAINING REGIMEN? Morning I wake up eat breakfast go on training, eat luch, plays with children, go on training, eat dinner, play with my wife, go sleep....And this in thousand variation day by day
 COACHES IN PAST AND PRESENT Jan Bradac-my first coach, he teach me everything and follow me until my frist Olympics and 2nd WCH Christer Skog-he takes me to gold on WCH in Val di Fiemme 2003, still works with me as mentor and asistant coach Jan Baranyk-my current coach, serviceman and friend
 WHAT IS YOUR PROUDEST my son and my doughter and may be WCH gold
   

SHOOT OUT

 BEER VS. WINE Wine
 VEGGIES VS. MEAT Meat
 FERRARI VS. PORSHE Ferrari
 COFFEE VS. TEA Coffee
 CLASSIC VS. SKATING Skating
 SEA VS. MOUNTAINS Mountains
   

LATEST MAJOR RESULTS

 OLYMPIC GAMES  18th 15K WHISTLER OLYMPIC PARK 2010
 OLYMPIC GAMES  7th 50K PRAGELATO PLAN 2006
 OLYMPIC GAMES  15th SP PRAGELATO PLAN 2006
 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP  7th 50K LIBEREC 2009
 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP  9th PUR LIBEREC 2009
 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP  21st 50K SAPPORO 2007
 WORLD CUP  62nd SP OSLO 2010
 WORLD CUP  35th PUR LAHTI 2010
 WORLD CUP  28th 50K TOUR DE SKI 2010
 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP  13rd 30K PONTRESINA 1998
 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP  3rd 10K PONTRESINA 1998
 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP  3rd 30K CANMORE 1997
   

EQUIPMENT

 SKIS Atomic
 BINDINGS Atomic