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Ladislav Švanda

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Ladislav Švanda
Country Czech Republic
Born (1959-02-14) 14 February 1959 (age 65)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
World Cup career
Seasons8 – (19821983, 19851990)
Starts21
Podiums0
Overall titles0 – (25th in 1985)
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Calgary 4 × 10 km relay
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Lahti 4 × 10 km relay

Ladislav Švanda (born 14 February 1959 in Prague) is a former Czech cross-country skier who raced from 1982 to 1990. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary while his best individual Winter Olympics finish was a 15th in the 50 km event at those same games.

Švanda also won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. His best individual finish at the Nordic skiing World Championships was ninth in the 50 km event in 1987.

Švanda's best career World Cup finish was seventh twice (1985, 1986).

Cross-country skiing results

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All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

Olympic Games

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  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   15 km   30 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1988 29 Bronze

World Championships

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  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   15 km 
 classical 
 15 km 
 freestyle 
 30 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1987 28 13 9 4
1989 30 17 17 Bronze

World Cup

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Season standings

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 Season   Age  Overall
1982 23 61
1983 24 56
1985 26 25
1986 27 32
1987 28 39
1988 29 28
1989 30 NC
1990 31 43

Team podiums

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  • 3 podiums – (3 RL)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 1987–88 4 February 1988 Canada Calgary, Canada 4 × 10 km Relay F Olympic Games[1] 3rd Nyč / Korunka / Benc
2 1988–89 24 February 1989 Finland Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Championships[1] 3rd Petrásek / Nyč / Korunka
3 1989–90 11 March 1990 Sweden Örnsköldsvik, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Buchta / Nyč / Korunka

Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Winter Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

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  1. ^ "SVANDA Ladislav". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
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