Tomasz Sikora

Not to be confused with Austrian alpine skier and Olympic bronze medalist Thomas Sykora.
Tomasz Sikora
Personal information
Full name Tomasz Wacław Sikora
Born 21 December 1973 (1973-12-21) (age 38)
Wodzisław Śląski, Poland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Professional information
Club AZS AWF Katowice
Skis Fischer
World Cup
Seasons 1993-
Wins 5
Additional podiums 17
Total podiums 22
Updated on January 12, 2010.
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Competitor for  Poland
Olympic Games
Silver 2006 Turin 15 km mass start
World Championships
Gold 1995 Anterselva 20 km individual
Silver 2004 Oberhof 20 km individual
Bronze 1997 Osrblie Team event
European Championships
Gold 2000 Zakopane 12,5 km pursuit
Gold 2004 Minsk 20 km individual
Gold 2004 Minsk 12,5 km pursuit
Gold 2007 Bansko 10 km sprint
Gold 2007 Bansko 12,5 km pursuit
Gold 2008 Nové Město 20 km individual
Silver 1997 Windischgarsten 20 km individual
Silver 2000 Zakopane 4 x 7,5 km relay
Silver 2001 Houte Marienne 4 x 7,5 km relay
Silver 2002 Kontiolahti 20 km individual
Silver 2004 Minsk 10 km sprint
Bronze 2002 Kontiolahti 10 km sprint
Bronze 2004 Minsk 4 x 7,5 km relay

Tomasz Sikora (born December 21, 1973), is a Polish biathlete.

In 1993 he finished second in 10 km sprint at world youth championships in Ruhpolding.

Sikora was born in Wodzisław Śląski. He was world champion in 1995 (20 km), runner-up in the world championships in 2004 (also 20 km) and bronze medalist in 1997 (team competition). On February 25, 2006 he was placed second in the 15 km mass start at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, winning the second and final medal for Poland in those Olympics.

On March 23, 2006, Sikora won the IBU World Cup sprint title, beating Ole Einar Bjørndalen by 5 points. On January 10, 2009, he took the lead in the overall world cup classification, which he lost 42 days later. At last he was 2nd in overall IBU World Cup 2009 and 2nd in IBU World Cup 2009 sprint. He was chosen the best biathlete 2009, in voting of national team coaches. In 2010 he won the fans' award.

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Record

Olympic Games

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay
1994 Lillehammer — 32nd — — —
1998 Nagano-Nozawa 47th 28th — — 5th
2002 Salt Lake City 46th 31st 25th — 9th
2006 Turin 21st 20th 18th 2nd 13th
2010 Vancouver 7th 29th 18th 11th —

World championships

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay Mixed Relay
1995 Antholz 1st 29th — — 7th —
1996 Ruhpolding 6th 15th — — 7th —
1997 Brezno-Osrblie 28th 17th 21st — 6th —
1998 Pokljuka — — 14th — — —
1999 Kontiolahti 14th 59th — — 14th —
2000 Oslo 32nd 21st 47th 18th 11th —
2001 Pokljuka 18th 15th 16th 20th 6th —
2002 Oslo — — — 25th — —
2003 Khanty-Mansiysk 9th 11th 7th 14th — —
2004 Oberhof 2nd 11th 7th 14th — —
2005 Hochfilzen — 9th 10th 5th 10th —
2005 Khanty-Mansiysk — — — — — 8th
2006 Pokljuka — — — — — 8th
2007 Antholz 21st 5th 7th 21st 13th 11th
2008 Östersund 30th 11th 11th 19th — 6th
2009 Pyeongchang 9th 16th 4th 6th 13th 8th
2010 Khanty-Mansiysk — — — — —

World Cup Podiums

Season 1st place 2nd place 3rd place   Overall  
1993/1994 - - 1 1
1994/1995 1 1 - 2
1995/1996 - - - -
1996/1997 - - - -
1997/1998 - - - -
1998/1999 - - - -
1999/2000 - - - -
2000/2001 - - - -
2001/2002 - - - -
2002/2003 - - - -
2003/2004 - 2 1 3
2004/2005 - - 2 2
2005/2006 1 3 - 4
2006/2007 - - - -
2007/2008 2 1 - 3
2008/2009 1 1 4 6
2009/2010 - - 1 1
2010/2011 - 1 - 1
Overall 5 9 9 23

IBU World Cup

Overall standing

Season Position
1993/1994 43rd
1994/1995 16th
1995/1996 21st
1996/1997 41st
1997/1998 31st
1998/1999 57th
1999/2000 24th
2000/2001 26th
2001/2002 34th
2002/2003 9th
2003/2004 7th
2004/2005 12th
2005/2006 4th
2006/2007 18th
2007/2008 12th
2008/2009 2nd
2009/2010 18th
2010/2011 29th

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