Václav Korunka Explained

Václav Korunka
Birth Date:1965 12, df=y
Birth Place:Jilemnice, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
Club:Dukla Liberec
Seasons:12 – (19881999)
Wins:0
Totalpodiums:3
Teamwins:0
Teampodiums:3
Individual Starts:73
Team Starts:18
Wcoveralls:0 – (11th in 1993)
Wctitles:0

Václav Korunka (in Czech pronounced as /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.

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).[1]

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   10 km  15 km  Pursuit  30 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
22 Bronze
26 137
28

World Championships

 Year   Age   10 km  15 km 
 classical 
 15 km 
 freestyle 
 Pursuit  30 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
23 814 Bronze
25 13
27 23 16 9 8
29 30 24
31 21 388
33 32 45 42 8

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age 
OverallLong DistanceSprint
22 38
23 18
24 32
25 16
26 36
27 11
28 56
29 65
30 31
31 57 57 63
32
33 106

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1  1990–91 5 January 1991 Minsk, Soviet Union 15 km Individual FWorld Cup 3rd
2  1992–93 12 December 1992 Ramsau, Austria 10 km Individual F World Cup 3rd
3 7 March 1993 Lahti, Finland 30 km Individual F World Cup 3rd

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammates
1 1987–884 February 1988 Calgary, Canada 4 × 10 km Relay F Olympic Games 3rd Nyč / Benc / Švanda
2 1988–8924 February 1989 Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Championships 3rd Švanda / Petrásek / Nyč
31989–9011 March 1990 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Švanda / Buchta / Nyč
Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Winter Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: KORUNKA Vaclav . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 25 November 2021.