Vladimír Podzimek

Vladimír Podzimek
Vladimír Podzimek
Country	Czechoslovakia
Born	12 May 1965; Jilemnice, Czechoslovakia
Died	17 May 1994 (aged 29); Jilemnice, Czech Republic
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
World Cup career
Seasons	1984–1985; 1987; 1989–1991
Indiv. starts	45
Indiv. podiums	2
Indiv. wins	1
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Representing Czechoslovakia
World Championships
	Updated on 10 February 2016.

Vladimír Podzimek (12 May 1965 – 17 May 1994)^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[1]

Season	Overall	4H	SF
1983/84	14	53	N/A
1984/85	43	—	N/A
1986/87	23	64	N/A
1988/89	52	—	N/A
1989/90	38	40	N/A
1990/91	—	—	—

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	1983/84	11 March 1984	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken K105	LH

^ ^a ^b Cibula, Václav (2011-03-23). "Podzimek porazil svět, ale nevěru vyřešil sebevraždou". Lidové noviny (in Czech). Retrieved 2013-02-07.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vladimír Podzimek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.