Krzysztof Topór

Krzysztof Topór
Association	Poland
birthday	January 10, 1972
place of birth	Nowy Targ
Career
society	WKS Zakopane NKS Zakopane BKS WP Kościelisko
Debut in the World Cup	1993 (?)
status	resigned
End of career	2002
Medal table
EM medals 0 × 2 × 0 × PM medals ? × ? × ? ×
European championships silver 2000 Zakopane Season silver 2001 Haute Maurienne Season  Polish championships gold 1992 sprint gold 2002 sprint
World Cup balance
last change: October 20, 2009

Krzysztof Topór (born January 10, 1972 in Nowy Targ ) is a former Polish biathlete .

Krzysztof Topór, a former sports soldier from Nowy Targ , initially started for WKS Zakopane , later for NKS Zakopane and BKS WP Kościelisko . He started biathlon in 1983, ten years later he ran his first international races. He contested his first race in Lillehammer in the Biathlon World Cup . In his career, however, he could never run into the area of ​​World Cup points, the best result in 1999 was a 29th place in the sprint at Holmenkollen in Oslo . In Ruhpolding he achieved his best World Cup result with fifth place in the relay that same year. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer he started in the sprint and was 61st. 1999 Topór started in Kontiolahti for the first time at the biathlon world championships and was there 77th in the sprint and 14th in the relay race. In the competitions, which were moved to Oslo because of the weather, he reached 45th place in the individual.

The first high point in 2000 was the European Championships in Kościelisko with 16th place in the sprint, ninth in the pursuit and winning the relay silver medal on the side of Wiesław Ziemianin , Tomasz Sikora and Wojciech Kozub . At the World Championships shortly afterwards in Oslo Topór was 67th in the sprint and 75th of the individual, in the relay race in Lahti eleventh. The 2001 European Biathlon Championships in Haute-Maurienne brought the renewed win of the relay silver medal with the Polish relay team behind the representation of Germany. He also finished 40th in the sprint and 34th in the pursuit. Sixth place in the relay was also the best result at the World Championships in Pokljuka , and 63rd place in the sprint. He didn't finish the individual. Topór also started at the 2001 Military World Championships in Jericho and finished 53rd in the sprint. The last major career highlight was the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City . At the competitions in Soldier Hollow , the Pole finished 74th in the individual, 61st in the sprint and was ninth in relay with his fellow competitors in the successful European championship races. The European biathlon championships in 2002 in Kontiolahti ended his career with tenth in sprint, 21 in pursuit and nine in relay. At Polish championships Topór won the sprint race titles in 1992 and 2002.

Results in the biathlon world cup

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

placement	singles	sprint	persecution	Mass start	team	Season	total
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Top 10						10	10
Scoring					1	18th	19th
Starts	20th	37	7th		1	18th	83
Status : data may be incomplete

Web links

• Krzysztof Topór in the IBU database (English)