Łukasz Słonina

Łukasz Słonina
Association	Poland
birthday	June 5th 1989
place of birth	Sokolovsko
Career
job	college student
society	AZS AWF Wrocław
Trainer	Roman Sokala
Debut in the European Cup / IBU Cup	2008
Debut in the World Cup	2013
status	resigned
Medal table
SJWM medals 0 × 0 × 1 × PM medals 1 × 0 × 2 ×
Junior Summer Biathlon World Championships bronze 2010 Duszniki-Zdrój Season  Polish championships bronze 2012 Season gold 2013 Jakuszyce sprint bronze 2013 Jakuszyce Season
World Cup balance
last change: February 18, 2013

Łukasz Słonina (born June 5, 1989 in Sokolowsko ) is a former Polish biathlete .

Łukasz Słonina is a student and lives in Sokolowsko. First he started for MKS Duszniki Zdrój , now he starts for AZS AWF Wrocław and is trained by Roman Sokala. He made his international debut at the Junior World Championships 2008 in Ruhpolding , where he was 69th of the individual, 75th of the sprint and with Rafał Lepel and Krzysztof Miętus 17th with the relay. Shortly afterwards he took part in the junior races of the European Championships in 2008 in Nové Město na Moravě and was there 63rd of the individual, 57th of the sprint and sixth with the relay. At the 2009 Junior World Championships inCanmore Słonina came in 56th in the sprint, 53 in pursuit and individual and 14th with the relay. In the further course of the year he took part in the junior races of the 2009 Summer Biathlon World Championships in Oberhof . In cross-country races , the Pole finished 26th in the sprint, on rollerskis 34th in the sprint, 27th in the pursuit and with Maria Bukowska , Anna Mąka and Rafał Lepel sixth in the mixed relay. In 2010 Słonina started at three international junior championships. At the World Championships Torsby he finished 16 in the individual, 73 in the sprint and with Rafał Lepel, Grzegorz Jakubowicz and Marek Firlej 17 in the relay race. The European Championships followed , in which Słonina was 50th of the individual, 15th of the sprint and 21st of the pursuit. Several months later he took part in the 2010 Summer Biathlon World Championships in Duszniki-Zdrój , where he finished 13th in the sprint and 15 in the cross-country pursuit, on roller skis he was 23 in the sprint, 28th in the pursuit and won with Maria Bukowska, Monika Hojnisz and Rafał Lepel won the bronze medal in the mixed relay race.

Słonina competed in his first men's race in 2008 in Obertilliach in the IBU Cup and was 71st of an individual. It is also his best placement in the second highest international racing series in biathlon, in which he was used several times only in the 2010/2011 season . In 2013 he competed in his first World Cup races in Oberhof . With Łukasz Szczurek , Rafał Lepel and Adam Kwak he finished 19th in a lapped Polish relay, in the sprint 90. These are his best results so far in relay and individual races in the World Cup. The first highlight among men was the 2013 World Championships in Nové Město na Moravě. With Łukasz Szczurek, Adam Kwak and Krzysztof Pływaczyk , Słonina finished 28th in the relay and was the starting runner of the lapped Polish representation. He finished 102 in the sprint.

Nationally, Słonina won the bronze medal at the Polish Championships 2012 with the relay of the AZS AWF Wrocław together with Piotr Kotas , Mateusz Steć and Przemysław Sobies . He was able to repeat this result in 2013 at the Polish Championships in Jakuszyce on the side of Łukasz Pancerz , Przemysław Sobies and Mateusz Steć. In the sprint he won his first championship title ahead of Łukasz Szczurek and Grzegorz Guzik , in the pursuit race he fell back to fourth.

Biathlon World Cup placements

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).

• 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
• Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
• Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
• Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
• Relay: including mixed relays

placement	singles	sprint	persecution	Mass start	Season	total
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Top 10
Scoring					6th	6th
Starts	1	3			6th	10
As of February 18, 2015

Web links

• Łukasz Słonina in the IBU database (English)
• Łukasz Słonina in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

supporting documents

1. ↑ MP w biathlonie - Łukasz Słonina i Magdalena Gwizdoń najlepsi w sprincie (Polish) ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.