John Kucera

John Kucera
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Kanada
World Championships

John Kucera
Personal information
Born	September 17, 1984 (age 39); Calgary, Alberta; Kanada
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	176 lb - 80 kg
Sport
Land	Kanada
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, Super G,; Giant Slalom, Giant Slalom,; Combined
Club	Calgary Alpine Racing
World Cup debut	November 27, 2004; (age 20)
Olympics
Teams	1 – 2006
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	3 - 2005, 2007, 2009
Medals	1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	6 - (2005-2010)
Wins	1 - (1 SG)
Podiums	3 - (3 SG)
Overall titles	0 – (13th – 2008)
Discipline titles	0 – (3rd – 2007, SG)

John Kucera (born September 17, 1984, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a World Cup alpine ski racer, a member of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team. His parents are 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 would be the site of his first World Cup victory, a Super G race, in November 2006. Three weeks later he made another World Cup podium when he finished third in a Super-G at Val Gardena, Italy.

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]

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 World Cup season and the 2010 Winter Olympics at Whistler.^[2]

As the son of Czech immigrants, Kucera is fluent in Czech and races on 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.