Jan Matura

Jan Matura
Country  Czech Republic
Born (1980-01-29) 29 January 1980
Český Krumlov,
Czechoslovakia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Ski club Dukla Liberec
Personal best 224.5 m (737 ft)
Vikersund, 26 Jan 2013
World Cup career
Seasons 1999–2001 (nordic combined)
2002–present (ski jumping)
Individual wins 2 (ski jumping)
Indiv. podiums 4 (ski jumping)
Indiv. starts 10 (nordic combined)
256 (ski jumping)
Team starts 40 (ski jumping)
Updated on 20 March 2016.

Jan Matura (born 29 January 1980) is a Czech nordic skier who has competed since 1997 as a ski jumper and from 1999 to 2001 in nordic combined.

Nordic combined

Matura finished eighth in the 4 × 5 km team event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. His best results at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 34th in the 15 km individual at Ramsau in 1999. At the World Cup level, Matura's best finish was ninth in a 15 km individual event in Germany in 1999. In Nordic combined, his overall best career finish was third twice in 7.5 km sprint events (1998, 2000).

Ski jumping world cup

At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Matura finished ninth in the team large hill and 21st in the individual normal hill events.

His best FIS Nordic World Ski Championships occurred at Oberstdorf in 2005 where he finished seventh in the team normal hill and 23rd in both individual events. Matura's best finishes at the Ski-flying World Championships occurred at Kulm in 2006 where he finished eighth in the team and 28th in the individual events.

His best individual World Cup result is a double victory in Sapporo on 19 and 20 January 2013.

Standings

Season Overall SF 4H NT
2001/02 – N/A 66 –
2002/03 72 N/A 65 43
2003/04 51 N/A 51 57
2004/05 44 N/A 43 43
2005/06 34 N/A 40 31
2006/07 57 N/A 54 –
2007/08 44 N/A 41 55
2008/09 66 51 – –
2009/10 53 40 45 40
2010/11 27 25 42 N/A
2011/12 52 – 47 N/A
2012/13 10 6 19 N/A
2013/14 26 8 20 N/A
2014/15 40 34 28 N/A
2015/16 33 42 27 N/A

Wins

No. Season Date Place Hill Size
1 2012/13 19 January 2013 Japan Sapporo Ōkurayama HS 134 (night) LH
2 20 January 2013 Japan Sapporo Ōkurayama HS 134 LH

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