Matej Falat

Matej Falat
nation	Slovakia
birthday	February 8, 1993
place of birth	Bojnice
size	185 cm
Weight	83 kg
Career
discipline	Downhill , Super-G , giant slalom , slalom , combination
society	SAK Drienica-Lysá
status	active
Medal table
World Championship 0 × 1 × 0 × Universiade 0 × 1 × 2 ×
Alpine World Ski Championships silver St. Moritz 2017 Team competition  Winter Universiade silver Granada 2015 slalom bronze Granada 2015 Super combination bronze Almaty 2017 combination
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
Individual World Cup debut February 26, 2011
last change: February 17, 2019

Matej Falat (born February 8, 1993 in Bojnice ) is a Slovak ski racer . He starts in all disciplines. His greatest achievement is winning the silver medal in the team competition of the 2017 World Cup .

biography

Falat took part in FIS races from December 2008 . With a total of five participations in Junior World Championships, a 16th place was his best result. He made his debut in the World Cup on February 26, 2011 in the super combination of Bansko . So far, however, he has never made it into the World Cup points. In the European Cup and in the Nor-Am Cup he achieved a top 10 result each. Falat took part in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and finished 42nd in the Super-G. He has won three medals in three winter Universiade participations : 2015 silver in slalom and bronze in super combination, 2017 bronze in combination.

In 2011 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and in 2013 in Schladming , Falat took part in world championships. He was also called up for the 2017 World Cup in St. Moritz . At the team competition there , he surprisingly won the silver medal.

successes

Olympic games

• Sochi 2014 : 42nd Super-G
• Pyeongchang 2018 : 9th team competition, 50th giant slalom

World championships

• Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2011 : 24th super combination, 36th super G
• Schladming 2013 : 50th Super-G
• St. Moritz 2017 : 2nd team competition, 37th giant slalom
• Åre 2019 : 5th team competition, 34th slalom

Junior World Championships

• Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2009 : 47th giant slalom
• Mont Blanc 2010 : 16th combination, 29th slalom, 49th giant slalom, 75th descent
• Crans-Montana 2011 : 28th slalom, 62nd Super-G, 79th descent
• Roccaraso 2012 : 35th downhill, 47th giant slalom
• Québec 2013 : 38th giant slalom, 41st downhill, 62nd Super-G
• Jasná 2014 : 31st super combination, 52nd downhill, 53rd super-G

Universiade

• Trentino 2013 : 9th slalom, 24th Super-G, 29th downhill, 31st giant slalom
• Granada 2015 : 2nd slalom, 3rd super combination, 13th super-G
• Almaty 2017 : 3rd combination, 21st giant slalom

More Achievements

• 1 Top 10 placement in the European Cup
• 1 Top 10 placement in the Nor-Am Cup
• 2 podiums in the Australian New Zealand Cup
• 2 Slovak championship titles: Downhill and Super-G 2013
• European Youth Olympic Festival Szczyrk 2009: 19th slalom
• 6 victories in FIS races

Web links

• Matej Falat in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Matej Falat in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Matej Falat in the database of Ski-DB (English)