Dušan Kožíšek

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Dušan Kožíšek (in the front) in the quarterfinals of Tour de Ski in Prague, 2007

Medal record
Men's cross country skiing
World Championships
Bronze	2005 Oberstdorf	Team sprint
Bronze	2007 Sapporo	Team sprint

Dušan Kožíšek (pronounced [ˈduʃan ˈkoʒiːʃɛk] (help·info)) (born April 25, 1983 in Jilemnice) is a Czech cross country skier who has been competing since 2002. He won a bronze medal in the team sprint (with Martin Koukal) at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf and finished 38th in the individual sprint in those same games. Kožíšek repeated the success in the team sprint at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo when he won a bronze medal, this time with Milan Šperl. Kožíšek also finished 17th in the individual sprint at those same games.

Kožíšek's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was 22nd in the individual sprint in 2006. He has two career victories (2004, 2005) in distances up to 15 km.