Velisek made his World Cup debut in December 2001 at Whistler, BC. His first World Cup podium came in January 2003, when he won bronze at an event in Berchtesgaden, and his first, and to date, only victory was in 2004, at Bad Gastein.[2]
Velisek's best World Cup season came in 2004, when he placed 6th overall in the snowboard cross standings. He has competed at four FIS Snowboarding World Championships, with his best finish a 4th in 2009.[2]
Velisek competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics, in the snowboard cross. He placed 18th in the qualifying rounds, advancing him to the 1⁄8 finals, but a third-place finish in his heat meant he did not advance any further, leaving him 23rd overall.[3]
velisek, born, january, 1981, nelson, british, columbia, canadian, snowboarder, specializing, snowboard, cross, event, andrey, boldykov, paul, henri, kevin, hill, telluride, january, 2010velisek, made, world, debut, december, 2001, whistler, first, world, podi. Tom Velisek born January 15 1981 in Nelson British Columbia is a Canadian snowboarder specializing in the snowboard cross event 1 Andrey Boldykov Paul Henri de Le Rue Tom Velisek Kevin Hill Telluride January 21 2010Velisek made his World Cup debut in December 2001 at Whistler BC His first World Cup podium came in January 2003 when he won bronze at an event in Berchtesgaden and his first and to date only victory was in 2004 at Bad Gastein 2 Velisek s best World Cup season came in 2004 when he placed 6th overall in the snowboard cross standings He has competed at four FIS Snowboarding World Championships with his best finish a 4th in 2009 2 Velisek competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in the snowboard cross He placed 18th in the qualifying rounds advancing him to the 1 8 finals but a third place finish in his heat meant he did not advance any further leaving him 23rd overall 3 His sister Billie is known for competition ski mountaineering World Cup podiums edit 2 Date Location RankJanuary 25 2003 Berchtesgaden nbsp January 5 2004 Bad Gastein nbsp January 5 2006 Bad Gastein nbsp March 1 2008 Lake Placid nbsp References edit Tom Velisek Biography and Statistics Olympics at Sportsreference com Archived from the original on April 18 2020 Retrieved January 28 2010 a b c FIS biography fis ski com Retrieved January 28 2010 Torino 2006 Official Report Snowboarding PDF Torino Organizing Committee LA84 Foundation March 2009 Retrieved January 28 2010 External links editFIS profile nbsp This biographical article related to snowboarding in Canada is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tom Velisek amp oldid 1156912210, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
