Pavol Pitoňák (born 26 February 1972) is a Slovak male curler and curling coach.[1]

Pavol Pitoňák
 
Born (1972-02-26) 26 February 1972 (age 52)
Curling career
Member Association Slovakia
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances
2 (2012, 2013)
European Championship
appearances
10 (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019)
Other appearancesEuropean Mixed Championship: 4 (2007, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Medal record
Curling

As a coach of Slovak wheelchair curling team he participated in 2018 Winter Paralympics.

Teams

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Men's

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2004–05 Pavel Kocián Radomir Vozar Pavol Pitoňák Juraj Kapolka Stefan Turna Gerry "Soupy" Campbell ECC 2004 (21st)
2005–06 Pavol Pitoňák Pavel Kocian Radomir Vozar Juraj Kapolka Stefan Turna Gerry "Soupy" Campbell ECC 2005 (23rd)
2007–08 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák Milan Kalis Gerry "Soupy" Campbell ECC 2007 (17th)
2008–09 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák Stefan Turna Gerry "Soupy" Campbell ECC 2008 (21st)
2009–10 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák Stefan Turna Gerry "Soupy" Campbell ECC 2009 (28th)
2010–11 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák Gerry "Soupy" Campbell ECC 2010 (14th)
2011–12 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák Milan Kajan Gerry "Soupy" Campbell ECC 2011 (24th)
2012–13 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák Rene Petko Gerry "Soupy" Campbell ECC 2012 (23rd)
2014–15 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák Juraj Gallo ECC 2014 (28th)
2016–17 David Misun Juraj Gallo Jakub Polak Pavol Pitoňák Patrik Kapralik
2017–18 David Misun Juraj Gallo Jakub Polak Pavol Pitoňák Patrik Kapralik
2018–19 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák ECC 2018 (22nd)
2019–20 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák ECC 2019 (25th)

Mixed

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2007–08 Pavel Kocián Barbora Vojtusova Pavol Pitoňák Zuzana Axamitová Ronald Krcmar Vladimira Pitoňáková EMxCC 2007 (12th)
2011–12 Pavel Kocián Daniela Matulová Pavol Pitoňák Silvia Sýkorová EMxCC 2011 (16th)
2012–13 Pavol Pitoňák Gabriela Kajanová František Pitoňák Petra Pitoňáková EMxCC 2012 (9th)
2013–14 Pavol Pitoňák Daniela Matulová František Pitoňák Zuzana Axamitová Vladimira Pitoňáková EMxCC 2013 (8th)

Mixed doubles

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Season Male Female Coach Events
2011–12 Pavol Pitoňák Silvia Sýkorová Daniel Sýkora WMDCC 2012 (17th)
2012–13 Pavol Pitoňák Gabriela Kajanová Vladimira Pitoňáková WMDCC 2013 (19th)

Record as a coach of national teams

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Year Tournament, event National team Place
2008 2008 World Wheelchair Curling Qualification   Slovakia (wheelchair)
10
2017 2017 World Junior B Curling Championships   Slovakia (junior women)
5
2018 2018 Winter Paralympics   Slovakia (wheelchair)
9

Personal life

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He is from big family of curlers: three of his brothers (František, Tomáš and Peter) are Pavol's teammates, they played together many times on European championships and other international curling tournaments; one more his brother Dušan played wheelchair curling (Pavol and František coaches their wheelchair team on Worlds and Winter Paralympics); other family members also are curlers or coaches.[2]

References

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