| Jaroslav Sakala | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Czechoslovakia(89–92) Czech Republic(93–02) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1969-07-14)14 July 1969 (age 55) Krnov, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 202.5 m (664 ft) Kulm,18-19 February 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 1989–2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 182 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. wins | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski Flying titles | 2 (1993,1994) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 10 February 2016. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jaroslav Sakala (Czech pronunciation:[ˈjaroslafˈsakala]; born 14 July 1969) is a formerski jumper who competed forCzechoslovakia and the Czech Republic.
He entered his firstWorld Cup competition on 15 January 1989 inHarrachov. His first big success was at the1992 Winter Olympics inAlbertville 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 theFIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1993 inFalun 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 atPlanica. His only victory on a regular ski jump was inLiberec on 16 January 1994. Sakala's fourth and final World Cup victory on 20 March 1994 at Planica when he won theSki 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,partly because of his conflicts with the Czech skiing federation and because of his short period of excessive drinking.[citation needed] Sakala made more frequentski flying appearances from 1996 until his 2002 retirement.
| Season | Overall | 4H | SF | NT | JP |
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| 1988/89 | 52 | — | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1989/90 | 47 | 31 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1990/91 | 37 | 12 | 21 | N/A | N/A |
| 1991/92 | 14 | 9 | 13 | N/A | N/A |
| 1992/93 |  |  |  | N/A | N/A |
| 1993/94 | 4 | 5 | | N/A | N/A |
| 1994/95 | 34 | 30 | 11 | N/A | N/A |
| 1995/96 | 18 | 36 | 5 | N/A | 22 |
| 1996/97 | 23 | 43 | 10 | — | 32 |
| 1997/98 | 21 | 12 | 46 | — | 17 |
| 1998/99 | 75 | — | — | — | 72 |
| 1999/00 | 67 | 52 | — | — | 6 |
| 2000/01 | 62 | — | 45 | — | N/A |
| 2001/02 | 10 | — | N/A | — | N/A |
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
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| 1 | 1992/93 | 30 January 1993 |  Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf | Kulm K185 | FH |
| 2 | 31 January 1993 | Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf | Kulm K185 | FH | |
| 3 | 1993/94 | 16 January 1994 | Liberec | Ještěd A K120 | LH |
| 4 | 20 March 1994 |  Planica (SF-WCS) | Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 | FH |
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