Jaroslav Sakala
{{Short description|Czech ski jumper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}}
{{Infobox skier
| name = Jaroslav Sakala
| image = Jaroslav Sakala 04.JPG
| nationality = {{TCH}} (89–92)
{{CZE}} (93–02)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|7|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Krnov, Czechoslovakia
| height = 1.78 m
| personalbest = 202.5 m (664 ft)
Kulm, 18-19 February 2000
| wins = 4
| totalpodiums = 11
| individual_starts = 182
| team_starts = 14
| updated = 10 February 2016
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's ski jumping}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalBronze|1992 Albertville|Team LH}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIS Nordic World Ski Championships}}
{{MedalSilver| 1993 Falun|Individual LH}}
{{MedalSilver| 1993 Falun|Team LH}}
{{MedalBronze| 1993 Falun|Individual NH}}
{{MedalSport|Men's ski flying}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIS Ski Flying World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1994 Planica|Individual}}
}}
Jaroslav Sakala ({{IPA|cs|ˈjaroslaf ˈsakala}}; born 14 July 1969) is a former ski jumper who competed for Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic.
Career
He entered his first World Cup competition on 15 January 1989 in Harrachov. His first big success was at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville with a bronze medal in the team large hill. Sakala finished second in the 1992-93 Overall World Cup ski jumping and fourth the following season.
He won three medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1993 in Falun with a silver in the individual normal hill and bronzes in the individual and team large hills. Sakala achieved his first World Cup victory on 30 January 1993 at Planica. His only victory on a regular ski jump was in Liberec on 16 January 1994. Sakala's fourth and final World Cup victory on 20 March 1994 at Planica when he won the Ski Flying World Championships. He was the first Czech to break the 200 metre barrier. He could not follow up on these successes in the years afterward and he did not win a medal in ski jumping after 1996, {{Citation needed span|text=partly because of his conflicts with the Czech skiing federation and because of his short period of excessive drinking.|date=May 2015}} Sakala made more frequent ski flying appearances from 1996 until his 2002 retirement.
World Cup
= Standings =
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:86%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;"| Season ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:55px;"|Overall ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:55px;"|{{Abbr|4H|Four Hills Tournament}} ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:55px;"|{{Abbr|SF|Ski flying}} ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:55px;"|{{Abbr|NT|Nordic Tournament}} ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:55px;"|{{Abbr|JP|Ski Jumping (JP) Cup}} |
| scope=row align=center|1988/89
| align=center|52 || align=center| — || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A |
|---|
| scope=row align=center|1989/90
| align=center|47 || align=center|31 || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A |
| scope=row align=center|1990/91
| align=center|37 || align=center|12 || align=center|21 || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A |
| scope=row align=center|1991/92
| align=center|14 || align=center|9 || align=center|13 || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A |
| scope=row align=center|1992/93
| align=center bgcolor=silver|{{silver02}} || align=center bgcolor=#A57164|{{bronze03}} || align=center bgcolor=#D4AF37|{{gold01}} || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A |
| scope=row align=center|1993/94
| align=center|4 || align=center|5 || align=center bgcolor=#D4AF37|{{gold01}} || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A |
| scope=row align=center|1994/95
| align=center|34 || align=center|30 || align=center|11 || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A |
| scope=row align=center|1995/96
| align=center|18 || align=center|36 || align=center|5 || align=center|N/A || align=center|22 |
| scope=row align=center|1996/97
| align=center|23 || align=center|43 || align=center|10 || align=center| — || align=center|32 |
| scope=row align=center|1997/98
| align=center|21 || align=center|12 || align=center|46 || align=center| — || align=center|17 |
| scope=row align=center|1998/99
| align=center|75 || align=center| — || align=center| — || align=center| — || align=center|72 |
| scope=row align=center|1999/00
| align=center|67 || align=center|52 || align=center| — || align=center| — || align=center|6 |
| scope=row align=center|2000/01
| align=center|62 || align=center| — || align=center|45 || align=center| — || align=center|N/A |
| scope=row align=center|2001/02
| align=center|10 || align=center| — || align=center|N/A || align=center| — || align=center|N/A |
= Wins =
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:86%; line-height:15px; text-align:left; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;" |
| style="background:#efefef;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:10px;"| No. ! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:30px;"| Season ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:89px;"| Date ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:155px;"| Location ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:168px;"| Hill ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:25px;"| Size |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|1
| align=center rowspan=2|1992/93 || align=right|30 January 1993 || {{flagicon|AUT}} Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf || Kulm K185 || align=center|FH |
|---|
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|2
| align=right|31 January 1993 || {{flagicon|AUT}} Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf || Kulm K185 || align=center|FH |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|3
| align=center rowspan=2|1993/94 || align=right|16 January 1994 || {{flagicon|CZE}} Liberec || Ještěd A K120 || align=center|LH |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|4
| align=right|20 March 1994 || {{flagicon|SLO}} Planica (SF-WCS)|| Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 || align=center|FH |
References
- {{FIS ski jumper|53110}}
- [http://www.sakala.com/family/name More about Sakala Name]
{{Footer World Champions in Ski-flying}}
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Category:Czech male ski jumpers
Category:Czechoslovak male ski jumpers
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia
Category:Olympic ski jumpers for Czechoslovakia
Category:Olympic ski jumpers for the Czech Republic
Category:Sportspeople from Krnov
Category:Ski jumpers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Category:Ski jumpers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Category:Ski jumpers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in ski jumping
Category:FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
Category:Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Category:Skiers from the Moravian-Silesian Region
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