Pavel_Ploc
Pavel Ploc
Czech former ski jumper (born 1964)
Pavel Ploc (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpavɛl ˈplots], born 15 June 1964) is a Czech former ski jumper who competed for Czechoslovakia, winning two Olympic medals.
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| Country |  Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1964-06-15) 15 June 1964 (age 59) Jilemnice, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 1982–1992 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Starts | 132 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
Standings
Wins
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
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| 1 | 1982–83 | 9 January 1983 | Harrachov | Čerťák K120 | LH |
| 2 | 1983–84 | 9 March 1984 |  Lillehammer | Balbergbakken K120 | LH |
| 3 | 25 March 1984 |  Planica | Bloudkova velikanka K120 | LH | |
| 4 | 1985–86 | 1 January 1986 |  Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Große Olympiaschanze K107 | LH |
| 5 | 1987–88 | 12 December 1987 |  Lake Placid | MacKenzie Intervale K114 | LH |
| 6 | 13 December 1987 | Lake Placid | MacKenzie Intervale K86 | NH | |
| 7 | 30 December 1987 | Oberstdorf | Schattenbergschanze K115 | LH | |
| 8 | 22 January 1988 |  Gstaad | Mattenschanze K88 | NH | |
| 9 | 1988–89 | 14 January 1989 | Liberec | Ještěd A K120 | LH |
| 10 | 1989–90 | 11 March 1990 |  Sollefteå | Hallstabacken K107 | LH |
| Date | Hill | Location | Metres | Feet |
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| 19 March 1983 | Čerťák K185 | Harrachov, Czechoslovakia | 181 | 594 |
- "Ostwald prvak, Tepeš deseti (page 9)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 21 March 1983.
- "Pavel Ploc - Harrachov 1983 - 181 m - World record". YouTube. 19 March 1983. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
- Pavel Ploc at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (under CZE nationality)
- Pavel Ploc at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Pavel Ploc at Parliament of the Czech Republic at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-06-06)