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{{short description|Canadian alpine skier}}
{{Infobox Alpine ski racer
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2014}}
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|name = John Kucera
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|disciplines = [[Downhill skiing|Downhill]], [[Super Giant Slalom skiing|Super G]],<br>[[Giant Slalom skiing|Giant Slalom]], [[Giant Slalom skiing|Giant Slalom]],<br>[[Alpine skiing combined|Combined]]
|caption = Kucera in December 2006
|disciplines = [[Downhill (ski competition)|Downhill]], [[super-G]], [[giant slalom]], [[Alpine skiing combined|combined]]
|club = Calgary Alpine Racing
|club = Calgary Alpine Racing
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|9|17}}
|skis = [[Atomic Skis|Atomic]]
|birth_place = [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], Canada
|boots = Atomic
|bindings = Atomic
|height = 173 cm
|wcdebut = November 27, [[2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2004]]<br />(age 20)
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|height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}
|weight = 176 lb - 80 kg
|wcdebut = November 27, [[2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2004]]<br>(age 20)
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|website =
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|olympicteams = 1 – ''[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]]''
|olympicteams = 1 – ([[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]])
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|worldsteams = 3 - ''[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005|2005]], [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007|2007]], [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009|2009]]''
|worldsteams = 3 – ([[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005|2005]], [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007|2007]], [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009|2009]])
|worldsmedals = 1
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|wcseasons = 6 - [[2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup|(2005]]-[[2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2010]])
|wcseasons = 6 – [[2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup|(2005]]–[[2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup|10]])
|wcwins = 1 - (1 [[Super Giant Slalom skiing|SG]])
|wcwins = 1 – (1 [[Super-G|SG]])
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|wcpodiums = 3 – (3 [[Super-G|SG]])
|wcoveralls = 0 – ''(13th – 2008)''
|wcoveralls = 0 – ''(13th – [[2008 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2008]])''
|wctitles = 0 – ''(3rd – 2007, [[Super Giant Slalom skiing|SG]])''
|wctitles = 0 – ''(3rd in [[Super-G|SG]], [[2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2007]])''
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'''John Kucera''' (born September 17, 1984, in [[Calgary, Alberta|Calgary]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]) is a [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|World Cup]] [[Alpine skiing|alpine ski racer]], a member of the [[Alpine Canada|Canadian Alpine Ski Team]]. His parents are immigrated to Canada from [[Czechoslovakia]] in 1980.
'''John Kucera''' (born September 17, 1984) is a retired [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|World Cup]] [[Alpine skiing|alpine ski racer]] from [[Alpine Canada|Canada]].


Born in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], he raced in all five alpine disciplines, focusing on the speed events of [[downhill (ski competition)|downhill]] and [[super-G]]. Kucera is a former [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009|world champion]] in the downhill. His parents immigrated to Canada from [[Czechoslovakia]] in 1980.
Kucera made his [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|World Cup]] debut at age 20 in November [[2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2004]], on home snow in [[Lake Louise Ski Area|Lake Louise]], [[Alberta]]. Two years later, Lake Louise would be the site of his first World Cup victory, a [[Super Giant Slalom skiing|Super G]] race, in November [[2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2006]]. Three weeks later he made another World Cup podium when he finished third in a Super-G at [[Val Gardena]], [[Italy]].


Kucera made his [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|World Cup]] debut at age 20 in November 2004, on home snow in [[Lake Louise Ski Resort|Lake Louise]], Alberta. Two years later, Lake Louise was the site of his first World Cup victory, a [[super-G]] race in November 2006. Three weeks later he made another World Cup podium with a third-place finish in the super-G at [[Val Gardena]], Italy. His next podium came two years later, a second place in the super-G at Lake Louise.
He won the gold medal in the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 - Men's downhill|downhill]] at the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009|2009 World Championships]] at [[Val d'Isère]], [[France]], to become the first Canadian man to win the event at the World Championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tsn.ca/skiing/story/?id=266138&lid=headline&lpos=secStory_main|publisher=[[The Sports Network|TSN]]|title=Kucera wins gold in men's downhill at World Championships|date=2009-02-07|accessdate=2009-02-07}}</ref>


He won the gold medal in the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 – Men's downhill|downhill]] at the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009|2009 World Championships]] at [[Val-d'Isère]], France, to become the first Canadian man to win the event at the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|World Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|date=February 7, 2009 |accessdate=February 7, 2009 |url=https://www.tsn.ca/skiing/story/?id=266138&lid=headline&lpos=secStory_main |publisher=[[The Sports Network|TSN]] |title=Kucera wins gold in men's downhill at World Championships |archivedate=May 23, 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523021500/http://www.tsn.ca/skiing/story/?id=266138&lid=headline&lpos=secStory_main |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In November 2009, Kucera finished sixth in the downhill at Lake Louise, but fractured his left leg in the super-G race the following day. He missed the rest of the [[2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2010]] World Cup season and the [[Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Winter Olympics]] at [[Whistler_Blackcomb|Whistler]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://canski.org/john-kucera-to-begin-rehab-process-following-left-leg-injury|publisher=[[Alpine Canada Alpin]]|title=John Kucera to begin rehab process following left leg injury|date=2009-11-30|accessdate=2009-11-30}}</ref>


On November 28, 2009, Kucera finished sixth in the first downhill of the [[2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2010 season]] at Lake Louise, but fractured his left leg in the super-G the following day. A [[compound fracture]] through his left calf, causing him to miss the rest of the 2010 World Cup season and the [[Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Winter Olympics]] at [[Whistler Blackcomb|Whistler]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://canski.org/john-kucera-to-begin-rehab-process-following-left-leg-injury |publisher=[[Alpine Canada Alpin]] |title=John Kucera to begin rehab process following left leg injury |date=November 30, 2009 |accessdate=November 30, 2009 |archivedate=December 3, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203151507/http://canski.org/john-kucera-to-begin-rehab-process-following-left-leg-injury |url-status=dead }}</ref>
As the son of [[Czech Republic|Czech]] immigrants, Kucera is fluent in [[Czech language|Czech]] and races on [[Atomic Skis|Atomic]] skis. His surname is pronounced ''kuw-cze-rah.''
John hosts the Matt and Eric show on JACK FM Calgary on Monday July 5, 2010.


Kucera returned to the snow a year later in late 2010. As part of his recovery, he was a forerunner for a number of races in North America and Europe.<ref>[http://www.torontosun.com/sports/columnists/2011/01/04/16758241.html Rebuilding World Cup skier John Kucera] [[Toronto Sun]] January 4, 2011.</ref>
==World Cup podiums==
He retired from competition at the end of the [[2014 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2013-14]] World Cup season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/news-multimedia/news/article=john-kucera-retires-and-will-pursue-coaching-career.html |title=John Kucera retires and will pursue coaching career - FIS-SKI |website=www.fis-ski.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427044002/http://www.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/news-multimedia/news/article=john-kucera-retires-and-will-pursue-coaching-career.html |archive-date=2014-04-27}} </ref>
As the son of Czech immigrants, Kucera is fluent in [[Czech language|Czech]]. His surname is pronounced ''kuw-cze-rah.''

==World Cup results==
===Season standings===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%;"
!Season !! Age !! Overall !! Slalom !! Giant<br />slalom !! Super-G !! Downhill !!Combined
|-
| [[2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2005]] || ''20'' || 100 || — || — || 51 || 52 || 12
|-
| [[2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2006]] || ''21'' || 81 || — || — || 37 || 49 || 24
|-
| [[2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2007]] || ''22'' || 23 || — || 15 || 3 || 38 || 22
|-
| [[2008 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2008]] || ''23'' || 13 || — || 10 || 12 || 17 || 31
|-
| [[2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2009]] || ''24'' || 24 || — || 50 || 9 || 19 || 13
|-
| [[2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2010]] || ''25'' || 99 || — || — || — || 34 || —
|-
| [[2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2011]] || ''26'' || rowspan=2 colspan=6|
|-
| [[2012 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2012]] || ''27''
|-
| [[2013 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2013]] || ''28'' || 113 || — || — || 36 || — || —
|}

===Race podiums===
*1 win – (1 [[Super-G|SG]])
*3 podiums – (3 SG)
{|class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable"
! Season
! Season
! Date
! Date
! Location
! Location
! Discipline
! Race
! Place
! Place
|-
|-
| rowspan=2 align=center|'''[[2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2007]]'''|| 26 Nov 2006 ||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Lake Louise Ski Area|Lake Louise]], [[Canada]]||align=center|[[Super Giant Slalom skiing|Super-G]]||align=center|'''1st'''
| rowspan=2 align=center|'''[[2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2007]]'''||align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| Nov 26, 2006 ||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Lake Louise Ski Resort|Lake Louise]], Canada||bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=center|[[Super-G]] || bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=center|'''1st'''
|-
|-
| 15 Dec 2006||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Val Gardena]], [[Italy]] || align=center|Super-G || align=center|3rd
| align=right| Dec 15, 2006||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Val Gardena]], Italy || align=center|Super-G || align=center|3rd
|-
|-
| rowspan=1 align=center|'''[[2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2009]]'''||30 Nov 2008||{{flagicon|CAN}} Lake Louise, Canada || align=center| Super-G || align=center|2nd
| rowspan=1 align=center|'''[[2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2009]]'''|| align=right|Nov 30, 2008||{{flagicon|CAN}} Lake Louise, Canada || align=center| Super-G || align=center|2nd
|}

==World Championship results==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!&nbsp; Year &nbsp; !! &nbsp;Age&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Slalom&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Giant&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;slalom&nbsp; !! Super-G !! Downhill !!Combined
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005|2005]] || ''20'' || — || — || 25 || 16 || 9
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007|2007]] || ''22'' || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's slalom|—]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's giant slalom|12]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's super-G|30]] || |[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's downhill|31]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's super combined|32]]
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009|2009]] || ''24'' || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 – Men's slalom|—]] ||[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 – Men's giant slalom|44]] || |[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 – Men's super-G|6]] || style="background:gold;"|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 – Men's downhill|1]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 – Men's super combined|DNS2]]
|}

==Olympic results [[File:Olympic rings.svg|50px]] ==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!&nbsp; Year &nbsp; !! &nbsp;Age&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Slalom&nbsp; !! Giant<br />&nbsp;slalom&nbsp; !! Super-G !! Downhill !!Combined
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]] || ''21'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's super-G|22]] ||[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|27]] ||[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's combined|17]]
|}
|}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist|2}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{FIS|S=AL|ID=32728}}
*{{FIS alpine skier|32728}}
* [http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=AL&competitorid=32728&type=st-WC FIS-ski.com] - World Cup season standings - John Kucera
*[https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=AL&competitorid=32728&type=cups John Kucera] World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
*{{Ski-DB|john_kucera_can_102873}}
* [http://www.ski-db.com/db/profiles/102873.asp Ski-db.com] - results - John Kucera
*{{SR/Olympics profile}}
* [http://canski.org/webconcepteur/web/alpine/en/nav/athleteportrait.html?page=details.jsp&iddoc=77882 Can Ski.org] - athlete profiles - John Kucera
* [http://www.eurosport.com/alpineskiing/personnews_prs38650.shtml Eurosport.com] - John Kucera
<!--*[http://www.eurosport.com/alpineskiing/personnews_prs38650.shtml John Kucera] Eurosport.com {{Dead link|date=January 2015}}-->
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110924035934/http://alpinecanada.org/athlete/kucera Alpine Canada.org] – national ski team – athletes – John Kucera
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*[http://www.atomicsnow.com/en-US/Athletes/Alpine/Race/John_Kucera.aspx Atomic Skis] – athletes – John Kucera

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Latest revision as of 07:33, 22 May 2023

John Kucera
Kucera in December 2006
Personal information
Born (1984-09-17) September 17, 1984 (age 39)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
OccupationAlpine skier
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, super-G, giant slalom, combined
ClubCalgary Alpine Racing
World Cup debutNovember 27, 2004
(age 20)
Olympics
Teams1 – (2006)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams3 – (2005, 2007, 2009)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons6 – (2005–10)
Wins1 – (1 SG)
Podiums3 – (3 SG)
Overall titles0 – (13th – 2008)
Discipline titles0 – (3rd in SG, 2007)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  Kanada
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Val-d'Isère Downhill

John Kucera (born September 17, 1984) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Canada.

Born in Calgary, Alberta, he raced in all five alpine disciplines, focusing on the speed events of downhill and super-G. Kucera is a former world champion in the downhill. His parents immigrated to Canada from Czechoslovakia in 1980.

Kucera made his World Cup debut at age 20 in November 2004, on home snow in Lake Louise, Alberta. Two years later, Lake Louise was the site of his first World Cup victory, a super-G race in November 2006. Three weeks later he made another World Cup podium with a third-place finish in the super-G at Val Gardena, Italy. His next podium came two years later, a second place in the super-G at Lake Louise.

He won the gold medal in the downhill at the 2009 World Championships at Val-d'Isère, France, to become the first Canadian man to win the event at the World Championships.[1]

On November 28, 2009, Kucera finished sixth in the first downhill of the 2010 season at Lake Louise, but fractured his left leg in the super-G the following day. A compound fracture through his left calf, causing him to miss the rest of the 2010 World Cup season and the 2010 Winter Olympics at Whistler.[2]

Kucera returned to the snow a year later in late 2010. As part of his recovery, he was a forerunner for a number of races in North America and Europe.[3] He retired from competition at the end of the 2013-14 World Cup season.[4] As the son of Czech immigrants, Kucera is fluent in Czech. His surname is pronounced kuw-cze-rah.

World Cup results

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Season standings

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Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom		 Super-G Downhill Combined
2005 20 100 — — 51 52 12
2006 21 81 — — 37 49 24
2007 22 23 — 15 3 38 22
2008 23 13 — 10 12 17 31
2009 24 24 — 50 9 19 13
2010 25 99 — — — 34 —
2011 26
2012 27
2013 28 113 — — 36 — —

Race podiums

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  • 1 win – (1 SG)
  • 3 podiums – (3 SG)
Season Date Standort Discipline Place
2007 Nov 26, 2006 Kanada Lake Louise, Canada Super-G 1st
Dec 15, 2006 Italien Val Gardena, Italy Super-G 3rd
2009 Nov 30, 2008 Kanada Lake Louise, Canada Super-G 2nd

World Championship results

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  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 		 Super-G Downhill Combined
2005 20 — — 25 16 9
2007 22 — 12 30 31 32
2009 24 — 44 6 1 DNS2

Olympic results

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  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 		 Super-G Downhill Combined
2006 21 — — 22 27 17

References

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  1. ^ "Kucera wins gold in men's downhill at World Championships". TSN. February 7, 2009. Archived from the original on May 23, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2009.
  2. ^ "John Kucera to begin rehab process following left leg injury". Alpine Canada Alpin. November 30, 2009. Archived from the original on December 3, 2009. Retrieved November 30, 2009.
  3. ^ Rebuilding World Cup skier John Kucera Toronto Sun January 4, 2011.
  4. ^ "John Kucera retires and will pursue coaching career - FIS-SKI". www.fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on April 27, 2014.
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