Pavel Benc (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpavɛl ˈbɛnts]) (born 10 July 1963, in Jablonec nad Nisou) is a Czech cross-country skier who raced from 1985 to 1997. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics. His best individual Winter Olympics finish was eight in the 50 km event during the 1992 Winter Olympics. Benc's best finish was fifth in the 50 km event at the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. His best overall finish was second in a 15 km event in 1993.
Pavel Benc | |||||||||||||||
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Country | Czech Republic | ||||||||||||||
Born | Jablonec nad Nisou, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic | 10 July 1963||||||||||||||
World Cup career | |||||||||||||||
Seasons | 13 – (1984–1989, 1991–1997) | ||||||||||||||
Starts | 56 | ||||||||||||||
Podiums | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (25th in 1989, 1991) | ||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Cross-country skiing results
editAll results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]
Olympic Games
edit- 1 medal – (1 bronze)
Year | Age | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
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1984 | 20 | — | 46 | — | 34 | — | — |
1988 | 24 | — | 41 | — | — | 27 | Bronze |
1992 | 28 | 41 | — | 33 | — | 8 | 7 |
1994 | 30 | 65 | — | 36 | 25 | DNS | 8 |
World Championships
editYear | Age | 10 km | 15 km classical |
15 km freestyle |
Pursuit | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
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1985 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — |
1987 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
1989 | 25 | — | — | 21 | — | 34 | — | — |
1991 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — |
1993 | 29 | — | — | — | — | 32 | 7 | 8 |
1995 | 31 | — | — | — | — | 36 | 14 | — |
World Cup
editSeason standings
editSeason | Age | |||
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Overall | Long Distance |
Sprint | ||
1984 | 20 | NC | — | — |
1985 | 21 | 30 | — | — |
1986 | 22 | NC | — | — |
1987 | 23 | 35 | — | — |
1988 | 24 | NC | — | — |
1989 | 25 | 25 | — | — |
1991 | 27 | 25 | — | — |
1992 | 28 | 36 | — | — |
1993 | 29 | 27 | — | — |
1994 | 30 | 71 | — | — |
1995 | 31 | 61 | — | — |
1996 | 32 | NC | — | — |
1997 | 33 | NC | NC | — |
Team podiums
edit- 1 podium – (1 RL)
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammates |
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1 | 1987–88 | 4 February 1988 | Calgary, Canada | 4 × 10 km Relay F | Olympic Games[1] | 3rd | Nyč / Korunka / Švanda |
Note: 1 Until the 1994 Winter Olympics, Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
References
edit- ^ "BENC Pavel". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
External links
edit- Pavel Benc at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Olympic 4 x 10 km relay results: 1936-2002 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-02-08) (in Italian)
- Pavel Benc at Olympics.com
- Pavel Benc at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)