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.
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.
john, kucera, born, september, 1984, retired, world, alpine, racer, from, canada, kucera, december, 2006personal, informationborn, 1984, september, 1984, calgary, alberta, canadaoccupationalpine, skierheight173, skiing, careerdisciplinesdownhill, super, giant,. John Kucera born September 17 1984 is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Canada John KuceraKucera in December 2006Personal informationBorn 1984 09 17 September 17 1984 age 39 Calgary Alberta CanadaOccupationAlpine skierHeight173 cm 5 ft 8 in Skiing careerDisciplinesDownhill super G giant slalom combinedClubCalgary Alpine RacingWorld Cup debutNovember 27 2004 age 20 OlympicsTeams1 2006 Medals0World ChampionshipsTeams3 2005 2007 2009 Medals1 1 gold World CupSeasons6 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 Canada World Championships 2009 Val d Isere Downhill 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 Isere 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 Contents 1 World Cup results 1 1 Season standings 1 2 Race podiums 2 World Championship results 3 Olympic results 4 References 5 External linksWorld Cup results editSeason standings edit Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom 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 edit 1 win 1 SG 3 podiums 3 SG Season Date Location Discipline Place 2007 Nov 26 2006 nbsp Lake Louise Canada Super G 1st Dec 15 2006 nbsp Val Gardena Italy Super G 3rd 2009 Nov 30 2008 nbsp Lake Louise Canada Super G 2ndWorld Championship results edit 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 DNS2Olympic results edit Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super G Downhill Combined 2006 21 22 27 17References edit 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 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 Rebuilding World Cup skier John Kucera Toronto Sun January 4 2011 John Kucera retires and will pursue coaching career FIS SKI www fis ski com Archived from the original on April 27 2014 External links editJohn Kucera at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation John Kucera World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation John Kucera at Ski DB Alpine Ski Database John Kucera at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived nbsp Alpine Canada org national ski team athletes John Kucera Atomic Skis athletes John Kucera Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Kucera amp oldid 1156311696, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
