Martin Otčenáš

Otčenáš Martin ( born August 25, 1987 in Poprad ) is a Slovak biathlete and cross-country skiers.

Martin Otčenáš starts for the SKP Štrbské Pleso. He played his first international race in 2007 in the junior race of the Biathlon European Cup. In Ruhpolding he took 2008 for the first time at a World Youth Championship in part and showed places 57 in singles, 34 in the sprint, 30 in the pursuit and with Norbert Gröne, Michal Baka and Michal Lepies in the relay race 12 In domestic Nové Město na Moravě followed shortly later participation in the Junior European Championships, where Otčenáš 35 of the Single Page, 15, of the sprint, pursuit and 19th with Lepies, Take That and Tomáš Hasilla tenth in the relay.

To kick off the 2008/09 season Otčenáš launched for the first time with the men in the IBU Cup in the power range and finished second in his first sprint in place Idre 86 first points as he won a sprint 34, 2009 in Altenberg. In the same year he was able to walk in Bansko at a sprint in fourth place for the first time among the top ten and finished with third place in the following pursuit race his first podium finish in the race series. Score from closed Otčenáš as 22. In Antholz the Czech debuted during the season 2008/09 Biathlon World Cup and was in a sprint 102 was followed by the first major event in the men's Biathlon European Championships in 2009 in Ufa Otčenáš was 31 of the Single Page, 51 of the sprint, 41 of persecution and with Dušan Šimočko, Baka and Matej Kazár in the relay race in eighth place. There was a participation in the Summer Biathlon World Championships 2009 in Oberhof, where the Czech was 50th in the sprint. In the 2009/10 season, the inserts were more common in the World Cup, with rank 66 in a sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk he could to the end of the season to reach a new personal best in the World Cup. Previously was in Otepaeae the second appearance at the Biathlon European Championships in 2010, where Otčenáš came up the ranks 36 in singles, 14 in the sprint and 12 of persecution and thus showed good performance.

Otčenáš operation until 2008, in addition biathlon and cross-country skiing and takes quite intense here since 2003 in international competitions, especially in FIS races and the Slavic Cup part. In 2006 he won in Zakopane a freestyle sprint under the Slavic Cup. In 2004, he took in Stryn first time at the Nordic Junior World championships and achieved positions 73 through 10-kilometer freestyle, 77 in the sprint and with the season he was ranked 14th in 2005 launched Otčenáš first at the Olympic Youth Festival in Monthey, where he tenth was about 10-kilometer freestyle, nine 7.5 -kilometer classic and 21st in the sprint. A little later he also started at the Nordic Junior World Championships in Rovaniemi, where he came in 28th in the team sprint and both in the team sprint as well as on the 10-kilometer freestyle. In Kranj Otčenáš came for the third time at the Nordic Junior World Championships, finished 18th of the sprint, the team sprint 34 and 49 on the 10-kilometer freestyle. After the Junior World Championships arguably the greatest sporting highlight followed so far by participating in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where he became the 49th sprint qualification and thus missed the final. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo, he missed the finals again as 36 of the qualification. In the team sprint Otčenáš was with Michal Malák 15 over 15 -kilometer freestyle 51 Last major event in cross-country skiing were the Czechs the Junior World Championships in 2007 in Tarvisio with a 29th place in Classic Sprint, 19th place on the 10-kilometer freestyle and rank 29 in the pursuit race.

Biathlon World Cup rankings

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