Olga Charvátová

Olga Charvátová ( born June 11, 1962 in Zlín) is a former Czechoslovak skier. They peaked in the 1980s thanks to their versatility in all disciplines podium in the World Cup and celebrated two World Cup victories. At the 1984 Winter Olympics, she won the bronze medal in the downhill. Her daughter, Klára Krizova was also a ski racer.

Career

Charvátová won in 1976 in her age group in the giant slalom of the Trofeo Topolino, won at the Junior European Championship 1977 silver medal in the giant slalom and at the Junior European Championships 1979 bronze medal in the slalom. As early as 1978 had the then 15 -year-old participated in the World Championships in Garmisch -Partenkirchen and achieved best result in ninth place in the combination. Your first points in the World Cup won Charvátová on 12 December 1978, the tenth place in the giant slalom in Piancavallo. In the following years, other top -10 results in the World Cup and in the 1979/ 1980, the victory in the slalom standings and second place in the overall standings of the European Cup.

Your first of a total of 14 podium finishes in the World Cup reached Charvátová on January 3, 1982 at slalom in Maribor. A month later she was at the 1982 World Cup in Schladming in the Fifth and Ninth combination in the slalom. The first World Cup victory she succeeded on January 21, 1983 in the combination of the gold key race, which was composed of the slalom in Schruns and the departure in Megève. Charvátová had established itself among the world leaders and reached in the season 1982/1983 with the eighth overall for the first time a top- 10 ranking in the World Cup. You could be in this summary are constantly improving, was 1983/1984 Seventh, 1984/1985 Sixth and finally in its final 1985/1986 season fourth in the Overall World Cup, where they came in this winter in the slalom and giant slalom World Cup among the top five, which was previously succeeded in the three seasons already in the combination. On her second - and last - World Cup victory she had to wait three years. On February 4, 1986, she won the slalom in Piancavallo.

At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo Charvátová succeeded in downhill almost the big surprise. Until shortly before the end, she was well on gold course, before ye marred the final jump and they are beaten by 17 hundredths of a second with the third place ( behind the Swiss women Michela Figini and Maria Walliser ) had modest. The Olympic giant slalom, she finished eighth in the slalom and the tenth place. On her last major event of the World Cup 1985 in Bormio and Santa Caterina, was her best result of the eleventh place in the slalom. In the combination, she was disqualified in the second slalom run. 1986 ended Charvátová their active racing career.

Achievements

Olympic Winter Games

• Sarajevo 1984: 3rd exit, 8 Giant Slalom, Slalom 10

World Championships

• Garmisch -Partenkirchen 1978: 9 combination, slalom 22, 25 downhill, giant slalom 40
• Schladming 1982: 5 combination, 9 slalom, giant slalom 18 19 Departure
• Bormio / Santa Caterina 1985 11 Slalom, 17 downhill, giant slalom 20

World Cup

• Season 1982/1983: 8th overall World Cup, 5th Combined World Cup
• Season 1983/1984: 7 Overall World Cup, 3rd Combined World Cup
• Season 1984/1985: 6th overall World Cup, 9th World Cup Slalom, 4th Combined World Cup
• 1985/1986 season: 4th overall World Cup, 4th World Cup Slalom, Giant Slalom World Cup 5th, 6th Super - G World Cup
• 14 podium finishes, including two victories:

Other successes

• European Junior Championships: silver in the giant slalom in 1977 and bronze in slalom in 1979
• European Cup 1979/1980: 2nd overall, 1st slalom rating