Pavel Ploc

Pavel Ploc
Country Czechoslovakia
Born (1964-06-15) 15 June 1964 (age 59)
Jilemnice, Czechoslovakia
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
World Cup career
Seasons19821992
Starts132
Podiums27
Wins10
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Calgary Individual NH
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Sarajevo Individual LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Engelberg Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Lahti Team LH
Men's ski flying
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1983 Harrachov Individual
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Planica Individual
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Pavel Ploc (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpavɛl ˈplots], born 15 June 1964) is a Czech former ski jumper who competed for Czechoslovakia, winning two Olympic medals.

Career[edit]

At the Winter Olympics, he earned a silver in the individual normal hill in 1988 and a bronze in the individual large hill in 1984. Ploc also earned two bronze medals in the Team large hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (1984, 1989). He also won two medals at the FIS Ski Flying World Championships with a silver in 1983 and a bronze in 1985.

Ploc finished his active ski jumping career in 1992 and in 1996 opened Bed&Breakfast in Harrachov, Czech Republic. From 1996 to 2002 he was an elected member of the Harrachov town council. He unsuccessfully run for a seat in the Czech Parliament in 2002 but won that seat in 2006 and became a member of the lower chamber of the Czech Parliament for the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD).

On 19 March 1983, at the 7th Ski Flying World Championships, he tied the ski jumping world record distance at 181 metres (594 ft) on Čerťák in Harrachov, Czechoslovakia.[1][2]

World Cup[edit]

Standings[edit]

 Season  Overall 4H SF
1981–82 38 46 N/A
1982–83 11 7 N/A
1983–84 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 N/A
1984–85 7 10 N/A
1985–86 13 48 N/A
1986–87 39 14 N/A
1987–88 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 28 N/A
1988–89 19 11 N/A
1989–90 7 18 N/A
1990–91 20

Wins[edit]

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1982–83 9 January 1983   Czechoslovakia Harrachov Čerťák K120 LH
2 1983–84 9 March 1984   Norway Lillehammer Balbergbakken K120 LH
3 25 March 1984   Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Planica Bloudkova velikanka K120 LH
4 1985–86 1 January 1986   West Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze K107 LH
5 1987–88 12 December 1987   United States Lake Placid MacKenzie Intervale K114 LH
6 13 December 1987   United States Lake Placid MacKenzie Intervale K86 NH
7 30 December 1987   West Germany Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze K115 LH
8 22 January 1988   Switzerland Gstaad Mattenschanze K88 NH
9 1988–89 14 January 1989   Czechoslovakia Liberec Ještěd A K120 LH
10 1989–90 11 March 1990   Sweden Sollefteå Hallstabacken K107 LH

Ski jumping world record[edit]

Date Hill Location Metres Feet
19 March 1983   Čerťák K185 Harrachov, Czechoslovakia 181 594

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ostwald prvak, Tepeš deseti (page 9)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 21 March 1983.
  2. ^ "Pavel Ploc - Harrachov 1983 - 181 m - World record". YouTube. 19 March 1983. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.

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