Jaroslav Sakala

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Jaroslav Sakala

Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Bronze 1992 Albertville Team large hill
World Championships
Silver 1993 Falun Individual large hill
Silver 1993 Falun Team large hill
Bronze 1993 Falun Individual normal hill
Men's ski flying
World Championships
Gold 1994 Planica Individual

Jaroslav Sakala (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjaroslaf ˈsakala]) (born July 14, 1969 in Krnov, Czech Republic) is a Czechoslovak-Czech ski jumper who competed from 1989 to 2002. He entered his first Ski jumping World Cup competition on January 15, 1989 in Harrachov. His first big success was at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville with a bronze medal in the team large hill. Sakala finished second in the 1992-3 Overall World Cup ski jumping and fourth the following season.

He won three medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1993 in Falun with a silver in the individual normal hill and bronzes in the individual and team large hills. Sakala achieved his first World Cup victory on January 30, 1994 at Planica. His only victory on a regular ski jump was in Liberec on January 16, 1994. Sakala's fourth and final World Cup victory on March 20, 1994 at Planica when he won the Ski flying World Championships. He was the first Czech to break the 200 meters mark. He could not follow up on these successes in the years afterward and he didn't win a medal in ski jumping after 1996, partly because of his conflicts with Czech skiing federation and because of his short period of excessive drinking. Sakala made more frequent ski flying appearances from 1996 until his 2002 retirement.

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