Vladimír Podzimek

{{short description|Czechoslovakian ski jumper}}

{{Infobox ski jumper

| name = Vladimír Podzimek

| image =

| nationality = {{TCH}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1965|5|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Jilemnice, Czechoslovakia

| death_date = {{death date and age|1994|5|17|1965|5|12|df=y}}

| death_place = Jilemnice, Czech Republic

| height = {{height|m=1.76}}

| personalbest =

| seasons = 19841985
1987
19891991

| wins = 1

| totalpodiums = 2

| individual_starts = 45

| updated = 10 February 2016

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's ski jumping}}

{{MedalCountry|{{TCH}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|1984 Engelberg|Team large hill}}

}}

Vladimír Podzimek (12 May 1965 – 17 May 1994){{cite news |last=Cibula |first=Václav |title=Podzimek porazil svět, ale nevěru vyřešil sebevraždou |newspaper=Lidové noviny |language=Czech |date=2011-03-23 |url=http://sport.lidovky.cz/podzimek-porazil-svet-ale-neveru-vyresil-sebevrazdou-ppa-/ln-sport-ostatni.asp?c=A110323_190529_ln-sport-ostatni_kim |accessdate=2013-02-07}} was a Czechoslovakian ski jumper.

Career

He earned a bronze medal in the Team large hill event at the 1984 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Engelberg.

Podzimek's best finish at the Winter Olympics was 8th in the individual large hill at Sarajevo in 1984.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Vladimír Podzimek |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/vladimir-podzimek-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203201254/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/vladimir-podzimek-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016}}

Podzimek's only individual victory came at the 1984 Holmenkollen ski festival, the only Czechoslovak ski jumper to do so.

Podzimek committed suicide by hanging on 17 May 1994.

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}}

scope=row align=center|1983/84

| align=center|14 || align=center|53 || align=center|N/A

scope=row align=center|1984/85

| align=center|43 || align=center| — || align=center|N/A

scope=row align=center|1986/87

| align=center|23 || align=center|64 || align=center|N/A

scope=row align=center|1988/89

| align=center|52 || align=center| — || align=center|N/A

scope=row align=center|1989/90

| align=center|38 || align=center|40 || align=center|N/A

scope=row align=center|1990/91

| align=center| — || align=center| — || align=center| —

= 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:80px;"| Date

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:68px;"| Location

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:142px;"| Hill

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:25px;"| Size

scope=row style="text-align:center;"|1

| align=center|1983/84 || align=right|11 March 1984   || {{flagicon|NOR}} Oslo || Holmenkollbakken K105 || align=center|LH

References

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