Michal Smola

Michal Smola
Smola at WOC 2008
Personal information
NationalityCzech
Born (1981-12-21) 21 December 1981 (age 42)
Zlín
Sport
SportOrienteering
Medal record
Men's orienteering
Representing  Czech Republic
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Olomouc Middle
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Nové Město na Moravě Short
Gold medal – first place 2000 Nové Město na Moravě Relay
Gold medal – first place 2001 Miskolc Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Miskolc Classic
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Miskolc Short

Michal Smola (born 21 December 1981)[1] is a Czech orienteering competitor, silver medalist from the world championships, and junior world champion. He became Junior World Champion in the short distance in Nove Mesto na Morave in 2000, and with the Czech team in relay in 2000 and in 2001.[2][3] His best achievement by September 2009 is silver medal in the middle distance at the 2008 World Orienteering Championship in Olomouc.

Smola was born in Zlín, a city of 80,000 people in the Czech Republic. At the age of 12, he joined the local orienteering club SKOB Zlín where he was trained by Jiri Stacke until 1999. In 1995, age 14, Michal gained his first orienteering title in the national championship (short distance, category under 16 years old). In 1998, he won his first international competition, European Youth Championships in Hungary in the under 18 years old category.[4]

  1. ^ "Michal Smola". Park World Tour. Archived from the original on 15 January 2005.
  2. ^ Junior World Orienteering Championships Archived 17 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine – International Orienteering Federation (Retrieved on 17 July 2008)
  3. ^ "Profile: Michal Smola" – World of O Runners (Retrieved on 17 July 2008)
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