BohumÃr Zeman
Bohumír Zeman ( born May 26, 1957 in Vrchlabí ) is a former Czech ski racer. He competed for Czechoslovakia and was specialized in the disciplines of giant slalom and slalom.
Biography
First international successes reach Zeman at the European Junior Championships: 1974 he finished third in the giant slalom and the slalom in 1975 Second. The first points in the World Cup won Zeman on January 9, 1976 7th place in the Kandahar combination of Garmisch -Partenkirchen. In the same year he took part in the Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. In the 1976/77 season he was able to classify only once in the points, in the following winter, not at all. Consistently solid performances get him in the 1978/79 season, with a total of five placings in the top ten.
Similarly successful Zeman was in the winter 1979/80 with five other top- 10 finishes. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, he classified in the combined score that counted only as a World Championship, fourth. On March 1, 1980, he drove the only time in a World Cup race on the podium as he behind Ingemar Stenmark and Phil Mahre was third in the giant slalom at Mont Sainte -Anne. In the winter of 1980/81 was a fourth place Zeman's only classification in the World Cup. In contrast, he decided the Hahnenkamm combination of Kitzbühel in itself, which did not count for the World Cup in that season. End of the season 1981/82 he resigned from professional sports.
Achievements
Olympic games
- Innsbruck 1976: 23 Giant Slalom, Downhill 33
- Lake Placid 1980: 13 Downhill, 14 Slalom, Giant Slalom 19
World Championships
- Innsbruck 1976: 23 Giant Slalom, Downhill 33
- Garmisch -Partenkirchen 1978: 15 Giant Slalom
- Lake Placid 1980: 4 combination, exit 13, 14th slalom, giant slalom 19
World Cup
Other successes
- European Junior Championships: silver in the slalom in 1975 and bronze in the giant slalom in 1974
- Winning the Hahnenkamm combined 1981 (not counting the World Cup )