Václav Korunka
Country Czech Republic
Born (1965-12-25) 25 December 1965
Jilemnice, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
Ski clubDukla Liberec
World Cup career
Seasons12 – (19881999)
Individual wins0
Team wins0
Indiv. podiums3
Team podiums3
Indiv. starts73
Team starts18
Overall titles0 – (11th in 1993)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Calgary 4 × 10 km relay
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Lahti4 × 10 km relay

Václav Korunka (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvaːtslaf ˈkoruŋka]; born December 25, 1965, in Jilemnice) is a former Czech cross-country skier who raced from 1988 to 1999. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary while his best individual Winter Olympics finish was a 13th in the 50 km event in 1992.[1]

Korunka also won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. His best individual finish at the World Championships was an eight in the 15 km event in those same championships.

Korunka won three FIS races in his career as well.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games

  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
19882228Bronze
1992261714137
19942859378

World Championships

  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km   15 km 
 classical 
 15 km 
 freestyle 
 Pursuit   30 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
198923814Bronze
19912513
199327231698
1995293024
19973121388
1999333245428

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age 
Overall Long Distance Sprint
19882238
19892318
19902432
19912516
19922636
19932711
19942856
19952965
19963031
199731575763
199832NCNC
199933106NCNC

Individual podiums

  • 3 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 1990–91 5 January 1991Soviet Union Minsk, Soviet Union15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
2 1992–93 12 December 1992Austria Ramsau, Austria10 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
37 March 1993Finland Lahti, Finland30 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd

Team podiums

  • 3 podiums – (3 RL)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
11987–884 February 1988Canada Calgary, Canada4 × 10 km Relay FOlympic Games[1]3rdNyč / Benc / Švanda
21988–8924 February 1989Finland Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Championships[1]3rdŠvanda / Petrásek / Nyč
31989–9011 March 1990Sweden Örnsköldsvik, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdŠvanda / Buchta / Nyč

Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Winter Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Václav Korunka". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. "KORUNKA Vaclav". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
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