Timotej Oravec

Timotej Oravec
Timotej Oravec at the 2009 World Cup
nation	Slovakia
birthday	August 12, 1991
Career
discipline	Slalom , giant slalom , super-G , combination
society	LK Tatranská Lomnica
status	not active
End of career	2010
Medal table
Junior World Championship 1 × 2 × 1 ×
Grass ski junior world championships bronze Horní Lhota 2009 slalom gold Dizin 2010 slalom silver Dizin 2010 Giant slalom silver Dizin 2010 Super G
Placements in the World Cup
Debut in the World Cup August 11, 2007  Overall World Cup 10. ( 2010 )

Timotej Oravec (born August 12, 1991 ) is a former Slovak grass skier . He started in the World Cup from 2007 to 2010 and was junior world champion in slalom in 2010 .

Career

Oravec drove his first international races at the Junior World Championship in Welschnofen at the beginning of August 2007. He came in the top 20 in all competitions, his best result was tenth place in the super combined. On August 11 of the same year he competed in his first world cup race , the giant slalom of Čenkovice , but could not qualify for the second run. The next day he finished 30th in slalom and thus won his first World Cup point. In September he drove in the World Cup races in Forni di Sopra both times under the top 20, with which he finished 56th in the overall ranking of the 2007 season, tied with Italian Nicolò Agostini . At the 2007 World Championships in Olešnice v Orlických horách , Czech Republic , he reached the finish line in all races, but only finished in the bottom field. His best result was 24th place in the slalom, out of 26 runners.

In the 2008 World Cup season , Oravec reached two tenth places in the Čenkovice slalom and the Dizin giant slalom . With a further six top 20 results, he finished 15th in the overall World Cup. At the Junior World Championships in 2008 he was among the top ten three times. He was seventh in slalom, ninth in giant slalom and super-G, and eleventh in super combined. A year later he won the bronze medal in slalom at the 2009 Junior World Championships in Horní Lhota u Ostravy . He was fourth in the giant slalom and fourth in the super combined, in the super-G he was twelfth. At the 2009 World Championships in Rettenbach , his best results were twelfth place in slalom and thirteenth place in super combined. In the 2009 World Cup season , Oravec reached ninth place in the super combination of Wilhelmsburg and three tenth places in the slalom of Čenkovice and Maria Gugging as well as in the giant slalom of Dizin, with which he finished 18th overall.

At the beginning of the 2010 season Oravec achieved his best World Cup result with seventh place in the slalom of Čenkovice. A month later he won the gold medal in slalom and silver in giant slalom and super-G at the junior world championships in Dizin . He only failed in the super combination. Overall, he achieved five top 10 results in the 2010 World Cup season and was also among the top ten in nine FIS races. With that he reached tenth place in the overall World Cup, which was his best overall result. After 2010 Oravec did not participate in any competitions.

In addition to grass skiing , Oravec also took part in competitions in alpine skiing . In FIS races he made it into the top ten several times and made it onto the podium twice.

successes

World championships

• Olešnice v Orlických horách 2007 : 24th slalom, 42nd giant slalom, 44th super combined, 55th super G
• Rettenbach 2009 : 12th slalom, 13th super combination, 16th giant slalom, 27th super-G

Junior World Championships

• Welschnofen 2007 : 10th super combination, 12th slalom, 16th giant slalom, 19th super-G
• Rieden 2008 : 7th slalom, 9th giant slalom, 9th super-G, 11th super combination
• Horní Lhota u Ostravy 2009 : 3rd slalom, 4th giant slalom, 4th super combination, 12th super G
• Dizin 2010 : 1st slalom, 2nd giant slalom, 2nd super-G

World cup

• 2010 season : 10th overall World Cup
• Eleven placements among the top ten

Web links

Commons : Timotej Oravec  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Timotej Oravec in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)