Jakov Fak
Jakov Fak ( born August 1, 1987 in Rijeka) is a Slovenian biathlete Croatian origin.
Jakov Fak is a student and lives in Mrkopalj. He moved in 2000 from the cross-country biathlon and was from 2003 the Croatian national squad on. His coach is Robert Petrović, his club Bjelolasica Mrkopalj.
His first international race contested facts in 2002 as part of the Junior World Championships in Ridnaun where space is at 64 was the best result in the sprint. He latched on to far better results in the following year in Kościelisko. In single factor was 38, in the sprint 28 and in the pursuit of 32 The following year, in Haute Maurienne he did not come across ranks to 50th place and behind it also. Then it took some time before he again took up at a Junior World Championships 2007. In 2005, he denied any contests. In 2007, he reached in Martell again comparatively good results. He was 24th in singles, 23 in the sprint and 18th in the pursuit. Better still ran the Junior World Championships 2008 in Ruhpolding Fak, he finished in the single 31, but in the sprint he could Walk a top ten placement with tenth place. In the pursuit he slipped then back to 13th. Between 2003 and 2004, he launched several times in the European Cup for Juniors; best result was a 23rd place in a sprint race in 2004 Langsdorf. In Haute Maurienne Fak 2008 approached at the Junior World Championships in the summer biathlon. It first eighth in the sprint competition with the roller skis, he was able to improve in the pursuit up to the first place and win the gold medal.
Since 2006, Fak also competes in the adult area. His first race in the Biathlon World Cup was a sprint in Hochfilzen, he finished as 107. It should be his worst result. In the following years he could usually improve steadily. For a long time the best result was a 47th place in the individual, he could reach in Pokljuka 2007. With 55th place in the sprint he came here his second best placement. In the Biathlon World Championships 2007 in Antholz Fak ran his first World Cup in the adult area. He was inducted into two races and was 93 in singles and 78th in the sprint. Slightly better ran the Biathlon World Championships 2008 in Ostersund. He is in the sprint Rank 69, but gave up a start in singles.
Since summer 2008, Fak trained together with the Slovenian National Biathlon Team. By his own testimony he had only managed by this change make the leap into the professional. At the first sprint race of the season 2008/ 09 in Ostersund factor was 38 so won first World Cup points. A further performance made the Croat for the single on the third World Cup stop of the season in Hochfilzen, where he finished 16th and increased his hitherto best result by 22 ranks.
The breakthrough in the world's top managed Jakov Fak at the World Championships in Pyeongchang. First, he was ranked 14 in the sprint, then Fak won the bronze medal in the individual 20km and thus won the first medal in a Nordic sport for Croatia. 14 February 2010 Fak won at the Olympics in Vancouver in the sprint bronze.
After long negotiations with the Croatian Association of factors has been declining since the beginning of the season 2010/11 for Slovenia at the start.
After Jakov Fak was in the 2010/2011 season suffered frostbite on his trigger finger and the End of career threatened, he succeeded at the World Championships 2012 in Ruhpolding with the world champion title in the singles over 20 km of his biggest sporting success. This was also the first World Champion title in biathlon for Slovenia.
Biathlon World Cup rankings
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