Milan Šperl

Milan Šperl
Milan Šperl in 2010
Country Czech Republic
Born (1980-02-26) 26 February 1980 (age 44)
Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
Ski clubDukla Liberec
World Cup career
Seasons11 – (2000–2010)
Indiv. starts71
Indiv. podiums0
Team starts16
Team podiums2
Team wins1
Overall titles0 – (73rd in 2007)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Czech Republic
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Sapporo Team sprint

Milan Šperl (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmɪlan ˈʃpɛrl̩] ⓘ; born 26 February 1980 in Karlovy Vary) is a Czech cross-country skier who has been competing since 2000.

Professional career

He won a bronze medal in the team sprint (with Dušan Kožíšek) at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo. Šperl's best individual finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was a sixth in the 50 km event at Oberstdorf in 2005.

He is also a six times champion of the Czech Republic in individual races (2002 1.8 km sprint,[1] 2003 50 km classical [2] 2004 1.2 km sprint [3] and 50 km freestyle,[4] 2005 2 × 10 km double pursuit,[5] and 2006 10 km freestyle.)[6]

Olympic career

His best finish at the Winter Olympics was 27th in the 50 km event at Turin in 2006. Šperl has a total of eight individual victories at distances up to 15 km since 2002 in FIS races.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[7]

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   50 km   Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay  		 Team 
 sprint 
2002 21 45 52 — 49 — — —
2006 25 — 35 — 27 — — —
2010 29 43 — — — — — —

World Championships

  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   50 km   Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay  		 Team 
 sprint 
2003 22 40 — 54 — 46 — —
2005 24 — 59 — 6 — — —
2007 26 44 — — — — 8 Bronze
2009 28 — 53 — 32 — — —

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint Tour de
Ski 		World Cup
Final
2000 20 NC — — NC — — —
2001 21 NC — — — NC — —
2002 22 NC — — — NC — —
2003 23 NC — — — NC — —
2004 24 NC NC — — NC — —
2005 25 106 67 — — NC — —
2006 26 77 51 — — — — —
2007 27 73 52 — — NC 41 —
2008 28 85 54 — — — — —
2009 29 151 92 — — NC DNF 45
2010 30 NC NC — — NC 37 —

Team podiums

  • 1 victory – (1 RL)
  • 2 podiums – (2 RL)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1  2006–07  19 November 2006 Sweden Gällivare, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Bauer / Koukal / Magál
2 2007–08 9 December 2007 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Jakš / Bauer / Koukal

References

  1. ^ http://sport-casomira.cz/doc/2002/MCR0316.pdf (in Czech)
  2. ^ http://sport-casomira.cz/doc/2003/MD030316.pdf (in Czech)
  3. ^ http://sport-casomira.cz/doc/2004/MD040124.pdf (in Czech)
  4. ^ http://sport-casomira.cz/doc/2004/MR040314.html (in Czech)
  5. ^ http://sport-casomira.cz/doc/2005/MD050108.pdf (in Czech)
  6. ^ http://sport-casomira.cz/doc/2006/MD060108.pdf (in Czech)
  7. ^ "SPERL Milan Jiri". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 November 2021.