Miloslav Sochor
Miloslav Sochor 
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 Czechoslovakia
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| birthday | 8th January 1952 (age 68) | ||||||||
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Pec pod Sněžkou , Czechoslovakia
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| discipline |
Giant slalom , slalom , downhill , combination |
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| status | resigned | ||||||||
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Miloslav Sochor (born January 8, 1952 in Pec pod Sněžkou ) is a former Czech ski racer . He started for Czechoslovakia in the 1970s and achieved the greatest successes in the technical disciplines of giant slalom and slalom .
biography
Sochor was in 1970 for the first time a member of the Czechoslovak team at an Alpine World Ski Championships . In Val Gardena he was 16th in the combined, 39th in the giant slalom and 54th in the downhill. Four years later, at the 1974 World Championships in St. Moritz , he achieved fourth place in the combination with ranks 17 in slalom, 21 in giant slalom and 47 in downhill.
In March 1974, Sochor was able to place eighth place in the World Cup points for the first time in the giant slalom in Vysoké Tatry at home . By the end of the 1976/77 season he drove nine times among the top ten in the slalom and giant slalom disciplines. He achieved his best World Cup result on March 21, 1977 with third place in the giant slalom in Åre , the only podium finish in his career. In the European Cup he won the discipline classification in giant slalom in the 1974/75 season and was third overall.
In 1976 Sochor took part in the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck , was 11th in the giant slalom, 14th in the slalom and 40th in the downhill. This made him seventh in the combination that was only counted as a World Cup competition. In 1978 he took part in a world championship for the last time in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and was 25th in the giant slalom and 39th in the downhill. He was eliminated in the slalom.
successes
Olympic games
- Innsbruck 1976 : 11th giant slalom, 14th slalom, 40th descent
World championships
- Val Gardena 1970 : 16th combination, 39th giant slalom, 54th descent
- St. Moritz 1974 : 4th combination, 17th slalom, 21st giant slalom, 47th descent
- Innsbruck 1976 : 7th combination, 11th giant slalom, 14th slalom, 40th descent
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1978 : 25th giant slalom, 39th descent
World cup
- 9 places in the top 10, 1 place on the podium
European Cup
- 1974/75 season : 3rd overall ranking, 1st giant slalom
Web links
- Miloslav Sochor in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Miloslav Sochor in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Miloslav Sochor in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c World Cup results accessed on November 10, 2010 from www.alpineskiing-worldchampionships.com (web link no longer available).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Sochor, Miloslav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czechoslovak ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pec pod Sněžkou , Czechoslovakia |