Jan high school diploma

Jan high school diploma
nation	Czech Republic
birthday	January 29, 1980
place of birth	Český Krumlov ,  ČSSR
job	PE teacher
Career
discipline	Nordic combined ski jumping
society	LSK Lomnice nad Popelkou Dukla Liberec
Pers. Best	224.5 m ( Vikersund 2013)
status	resigned
End of career	2017
Nordic combination Debut in the World Cup January 3, 1999 Overall World Cup 36th (1998/99)
Ski jumping Debut in the World Cup 0January 4, 2002 World Cup victories 02 Overall World Cup 10. ( 2012/13 ) Ski flying world cup 06. (2012/13) Nordic Tournament 31st (2006) Four Hills Tournament 19. ( 2012/13 ) Summer Grand Prix 06. ( 2005 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Ski jumping 2 0 0  Ski flying 0 1 1

Jan Matura (born January 29, 1980 in Český Krumlov ) is a former Czech skier who was first active in Nordic combined and then in ski jumping . He is a sports teacher and started for Dukla Liberec . In 2012 he won the summer classification of the Continental Cup .

Career

Nordic combination

In 1999 Jan Matura made his debut in the Nordic Combined World Cup in Schonach . Until 2001 he took part in ten World Cups, but could never repeat his best placement, a ninth place in a Gundersen competition in his first competition. In 1997 in Trondheim , 1999 in Ramsau and 2001 in Lahti , Matura took part in Nordic World Ski Championships. His starts in individual races in 1999 and 2001 were not very successful, but he narrowly missed winning a medal with the relay in 1997 when he finished fourth.

Ski jumping

Since his results in the combination stagnated mainly because of poor performance in cross-country skiing, Matura switched to the special jumpers. In his first competition in 2002 during the Four Hills Tournament , he was last in the first round. He made it to the finals for the first time in 2003 in ski flying in Planica (24.). His first place in the top ten in an individual competition was ninth on the large hill on January 22, 2006 in Sapporo . Almost five years later he was able to achieve his best result in a World Cup competition up to that point on January 16, 2011 with fourth place in the same place. Two years later, on January 19, 2013, he surprisingly achieved his first World Cup victory again in Sapporo. At the second competition in Sapporo the next day he was victorious again.

At the ski flying in Harrachov, Czech Republic, Matura reached third place for the first time in this discipline in early February 2013. Later on the same day he finished second behind Gregor Schlierenzauer on the same hill .

On February 21, 2010, Matura was able to win a competition in the second-class Continental Cup for the first time in Brotterode, Thuringia . His second victory in this competition came on July 14, 2012 when he won the first international competition on the new Olympic hill in Sochi . After he was able to win one of the two competitions in Kuopio, Finland, in August , he won the summer classification of the Continental Cup 2012 prematurely with a third place in the penultimate competition on September 22nd in Klingenthal .

As a ski jumper, Matura took part in two Olympic Games. In 2002 in Salt Lake City he started on the normal hill (47th) and in the team (12th), in 2006 in Turin ( Pragelato ) on the normal hill (21st), large hill (22nd) and in the team competition (9th). He took part in the Nordic World Ski Championships and Ski Flying World Championships five times . His best placement in an individual competition was a 20th place on the large hill at the 2003 World Championship in Val di Fiemme .

15 years after his World Cup debut, Matura announced in May 2017 that he would end his career after one last Continental Cup competition and the Czech Championships in the summer.

Success in ski jumping

World Cup victories in individual

No.	date	place	Type
1.	19th January 2013	Sapporo	Large hill
2.	20th January 2013	Sapporo	Large hill

World Cup placements

season	space	Points
2002/03	72.	007th
2003/04	51.	032
2004/05	44.	066
2005/06	34.	121
2006/07	57.	033
2007/08	44.	039
2008/09	66.	010
2009/10	53.	045
2010/11	27.	180
2011/12	52.	040
2012/13	10.	631
2013/14	26th	311
2014/15	40.	114
2015/16	33.	118

Grand Prix placements

season	space	Points
2003	39.	015th
2004	45.	013
2005	06th	242
2007	53.	029
2008	63.	014th
2009	62.	013
2010	32.	064
2011	48.	036
2012	33.	064
2013	29	102
2014	44.	040
2015	36.	069

Continental Cup wins in singles

No.	date	place	Type
1.	February 21, 2010	Brotterode	Normal hill
2.	July 14, 2012	Sochi	Large hill
3.	August 11, 2012	Kuopio	Large hill

Web links

Commons : Jan Matura  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jan Matura in the database of the International Ski Federation (English) - Ski jumping
• Jan Matura in the database of the International Ski Federation (English) - Nordic Combined
• Jan Matura in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of results at www.fis-ski.com , accessed on December 25, 2011.
2. ^ First World Cup victory for Jan Matura at berkutschi.com, accessed on January 19, 2013.
3. ↑ Jan Matura wins difficult competition at berkutschi.com, accessed on January 20, 2013.
4. ↑ COC-M: Friend and Matura win at berkutschi.com, accessed on March 19, 2012.
5. ^ COC-M: Jan Matura first winner in Sochi. In: berkutschi.com. July 14, 2012, accessed May 24, 2018 . 
6. ^ COC-M: Wolfgang Loitzl dominates in Klingenthal. In: berkutschi.com. September 22, 2012, accessed May 24, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Jan Matura ends his career , on berkutschi.com, on May 6, 2017. Retrieved on May 20, 2017.