Kateřina Neumannová

Kateřina Neumannová
Kateřina Neumannová (2007)
nation	Czech Republic
birthday	15th February 1973 (age 47)
place of birth	Písek ,  Czechoslovakia
Career
society	Dukla Liberec
status	resigned
End of career	2007
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × 4 × 1 × World Cup medals 2 × 1 × 2 × JWM medals 2 × 3 × 0 ×
winter Olympics silver 1998 Nagano 5 km classic bronze 1998 Nagano 15 km pursuit silver 2002 Salt Lake City 15 km silver 2002 Salt Lake City 5 km + 5 km pursuit gold 2006 Turin 30 km freestyle mass start silver 2006 Turin 2 × 7.5 km pursuit  Nordic World Ski Championships bronze 1997 Trondheim 15 km freestyle bronze 1999 Ramsau 5 km classic gold 2005 Oberstdorf 10 km freestyle gold 2007 Sapporo 10 km freestyle silver 2007 Sapporo 15 km pursuit  Nordic Junior Ski World Championships silver 1991 Reit im Winkl 5 km classic gold 1992 Vuokatti 5 km classic silver 1992 Vuokatti Season gold 1993 Harrachov 5 km classic bronze 1993 Harrachov 15 km freestyle
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup February 12, 1991  World Cup victories in individual 18 ( details )  Overall World Cup 2. ( 2001/02 , 2004/05 )  Sprint World Cup 2. ( 1998/99 )  Distance World Cup 2. ( 2004/05 , 2005/06 , 2006/07 )  Tour de Ski 5th ( 2006/07 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Sprint races 2 2 2  Distance races 16 14th 12  Season 0 0 1

Kateřina Neumannová ^{? / i} (bornFebruary 15, 1973inPísek) is a formerCzech cross-country skier.

At the beginning of her sports career, Neumannová was also active as a mountain biker . She finished third at the 1995 European Championships and took part in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , where she came in 18th. After that, she concentrated entirely on cross-country skiing.

Neumannová, who had already won silver over 5 kilometers at the Junior World Championships in Reit im Winkl in 1991 , won bronze over 15 km freestyle at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1997 , silver over 5 km classic and bronze in the 10 km pursuit at the 1998 Winter Olympics , at the Nordic World Ski Championships 1999 bronze over 5 km classic and at the Olympic Winter Games 2002 silver over 15 km freestyle and in the pursuit. After a baby break (her daughter Lucie was born on July 2, 2003), she won gold in the 10 km freestyle at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2005 .

At the 2006 Winter Olympics , she won the silver medal in the pursuit race over 15 kilometers and the gold medal over 30 kilometers in Pragelato . Another gold medal was added at the 2007 Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo when she won the 10 km freestyle race. There was also the silver medal in the 15 km pursuit race.

She won 18 races in the cross-country skiing world cup. However, it was never enough to win the overall World Cup, in 2002 and 2005 she finished second. Neumannová was voted Czech Sportswoman of the Year in 2006. After the 2006/07 season she ended her career. For the 2009 World Cup in Liberec , she was appointed honorary vice-president in 2006, and since August 2007 she has been the head of the organizing committee.

successes

winter Olympics

• 1998 in Nagano : Silver over 5 km, bronze in the pursuit race
• 2002 in Salt Lake City : Silver over 15 km, silver in the pursuit
• 2006 in Turin : Gold over 30 km, silver in the pursuit race

World championships

• 1997 in Trondheim : Bronze over 15 km
• 1999 in Ramsau : Bronze over 5 km
• 2005 in Oberstdorf : Gold over 10 km
• 2007 in Sapporo : Gold over 10 km, silver in the pursuit race

Junior World Championships

• 1993 in Harrachov : gold over 5 km, bronze over 15 km

Victories in world cup races

World Cup victories in individual

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	December 12, 1992	Ramsau	5 km classic
2.	November 28, 1998	Muonio	5 km freestyle
3.	December 12, 1998	Toblach	5 km freestyle
4th	January 10, 2001	Soldier Hollow	10 km pursuit
5.	November 25, 2001	Kuopio	5 km freestyle
6th	December 9, 2001	Cogne	Sprint freestyle
7th	January 6, 2002	Val di Fiemme	Sprint freestyle
8th.	December 20, 2003	Ramsau	10 km freestyle
9.	January 6, 2004	Falun	15 km skiathlon
10.	February 6, 2004	La Clusaz	10 km freestyle
11.	February 21, 2004	Umeå	10 km classic
12.	November 26, 2004	Kuusamo	10 km freestyle
13.	January 15, 2005	Nové Město	10 km freestyle
14th	November 27, 2005	Kuusamo	10 km freestyle
15th	December 31, 2005	Nové Město	10 km freestyle
16.	January 14, 2006	Lake Tesero	15 km freestyle Mst.
17th	November 18, 2006	Gällivare	10 km freestyle
18th	February 16, 2007	Changchun	10 km freestyle

Stage victories in world cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	run
1.	January 7, 2007	Cavalese	10 km freestyle	Tour de Ski 2006/07

World Cup overall placements

season	total		distance		sprint
	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
1990/91	1	46.	-	-	-	-
1991/92	17th	19th	-	-	-	-
1992/93	356	7th	-	-	-	-
1993/94	229	12.	-	-	-	-
1994/95	229	14th	-	-	-	-
1995/96	419	8th.	-	-	-	-
1996/97	525	3.	99	8 1	321	3.
1997/98	203	15th	3	46. 1	200	9.
1998/99	618	6th	68	18 1	490	2.
1999/2000	257	17th	40 123	20. 1 18. 2	94	17th
2000/01	435	9.	-	-	123	12.
2001/02	763	2.	-	-	293	3.
2002/03	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	629	9.	542	8th.	87	21st
2004/05	751	2.	727	2.	24	41.
2005/06	655	5.	655	2.	-	-
2006/07	894	3.	627	2.	87	24.

¹ Long distance world cup.

² Middle distance world cup.

Web links

Commons : Kateřina Neumannová  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Personal website (Czech)
• Kateřina Neumannová in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Kateřina Neumannová in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )