Michal Malák

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Michal Malák Cross-country skiing
Michal Malák at the Tour de Ski

Michal Malák at the Tour de Ski

nation SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia
birthday August 25, 1980
place of birth Poprad
Career
society AKHS T.Matliare
status resigned
End of career 2010
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup December 6, 2003
 

Michal Malák (born August 25, 1980 in Poprad ) is a former Slovak cross-country skier .

Career

Malák took part in competitions of the Fédération Internationale de Ski from 1998 to 2010 . At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2001 in Lahti , he finished 64th over 15 km classic, 56th over 30 km classic and 54th place in the sprint. He ran his first of a total of 35 individual World Cup races in December 2003 in Toblach , which he finished in 75th place in the 30 km mass start race. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf in 2005 he came in 60th place over 15 km freestyle, 47th place in the sprint and 17th place together with Stanislav Holencik in the team sprint. In the following year he reached the 73rd place over 15 km classic, the 53rd place in the skiathlon and the 45th place in the 50 km mass start race in his first Olympic participation in Turin . He finished the Tour de Ski 2006/07 on the 56th and the Tour de Ski 2007/08 on the 54th place. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo in 2007 , he achieved 41st place over 15 km freestyle and 15th place together with Martin Otčenáš in the team sprint. From 2006 to 2009 he started in the cross-country skiing Slavic Cup . He won four races and finished fourth in the 2007/08 and 2008/09 season. In February 2008 he achieved his best individual result in the World Cup with the 41st place in the 11.4 km freestyle at the World Cup in Liberec . Also in 2008 he won the 48 km freestyle at Biela Stopa . The following year he came in the Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec on the 52nd place in the sprint and on the 45th place in the 50 km mass start race. He ended his career after the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , where he finished 54th over 15 km freestyle, 14th place with Ivan Bátory and 12th place with the relay.

successes

Victories in Continental Cup races

No. date place discipline series
1. March 18, 2006 SlovakiaSlovakia Kremnica 20 km skiathlon Slavic Cup
2. December 21, 2008 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Horni Misecky 15 km freestyle Slavic Cup
3. March 22, 2009 SlovakiaSlovakia Kremnica 10 km freestyle Mst. Slavic Cup
4th December 19, 2009 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Horni Misecky 10 km freestyle Slavic Cup

Victories in ski marathon races

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

  • 2006 Turin : 45th place 50 km freestyle mass start, 53rd place 30 km skiathlon, 73rd place 15 km classic
  • 2010 Vancouver : 12th place relay, 14th place team sprint freestyle, 54th place 15 km freestyle

Nordic World Ski Championships

  • 2001 Lahti : 54th place sprint freestyle, 56th place 30 km classic, 64th place 15 km classic
  • 2005 Oberstdorf : 17th place team sprint freestyle, 47th place sprint classic, 60th place 15 km freestyle
  • 2007 Sapporo : 15th place team sprint freestyle, 41st place 15 km freestyle
  • 2009 Liberec : 45th place 50 km freestyle mass start, 52nd place sprint freestyle

World Cup Statistics

The table shows the placements achieved in detail.

  • 1st – 3rd place: Number of podium placements
  • Top 10: Number of places in the top ten
  • Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks
  • Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
  • Note: In the distance races, the classification is based on the FIS.
placement Distance races a Skiathlon
pursuit 		sprint Stage
race b 		total Team c
≤ 5 km ≤ 10 km ≤ 15 km ≤ 30 km > 30 km sprint Season
1st place  
2nd place  
3rd place  
Top 10  
Scoring   2 5
Starts 1 1 18th 5 2 1 5 2 35 2 5
Status: end of career
a including individual starts and mass starts according to FIS classification
bEntire race, not individual stages, e.g. B. Tour de Ski, Nordic Opening, season finale
c Possibly incomplete due to a lack of suitable sources before 2001

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ result Biela Stopa 2008
personal data
SURNAME Malák, Michal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Poprad