Tomasz Sikora

Not to be confused with Austrian alpine skier and Olympic bronze medalist Thomas Sykora.
Tomasz Sikora
Personal information
Full name Tomasz Wacław Sikora
Born (1973-12-21) 21 December 1973
Wodzisław Śląski, Poland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Professional information
Sport Biathlon
Club AZS AWF Katowice
Skis Fischer
World Cup debut 4 March 1993
Olympic Games
Teams 5 (1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)
Medals 1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams 16 (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012)
Medals 3 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 20 (1992/93–2011/12)
Individual victories 5
All victories 5
Individual podiums 23
All podiums 24
Discipline titles 1:
1 Sprint (2005–06)

Tomasz Sikora (born 21 December 1973) is a former Polish biathlete.

Life and career

Sikora was born in Wodzisław Śląski. In 1993, he finished second in 10 km sprint at the Junior World Championships in Ruhpolding. He was world champion in 1995 (20 km), runner-up in the world championships in 2004 (also 20 km) and bronze medalist in 1997 (team competition). On February 25, 2006 he was placed second in the 15 km mass start at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, winning the second and final medal for Poland in those Olympics.

On March 23, 2006, Sikora won the IBU World Cup sprint title, beating Ole Einar Bjørndalen by 5 points. On January 10, 2009, he took the lead in the overall world cup classification, which he lost 42 days later. At last he was 2nd in overall IBU World Cup 2009 and 2nd in IBU World Cup 2009 sprint. He was chosen the best biathlete 2009, in voting of national team coaches. In 2010 he won the fans' award.

Sikora retired after the 2011–12 season.[1]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[2]

Olympic Games

1 medal (1 silver)

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay
Norway 1994 Lillehammer — 32nd N/A N/A 8th
Japan 1998 Nagano 47th 28th N/A N/A 5th
United States 2002 Salt Lake City 46th 31st 25th N/A 9th
Italy 2006 Turin 21st 19th 18th Silver 13th
Canada 2010 Vancouver 7th 29th 18th 11th —
*Pursuit was added as an event in 2002, with mass start being added in 2006.

World Championships

3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Team Relay Mixed relay
Italy 1995 Antholz-Anterselva Gold 29th N/A N/A 18th 7th N/A
Germany 1996 Ruhpolding 6th 15th N/A N/A 9th 7th N/A
Slovakia 1997 Brezno-Osrblie 28th 17th 21st N/A Bronze 6th N/A
Slovenia 1998 Pokljuka N/A N/A 14th N/A 5th N/A N/A
Finland 1999 Kontiolahti 14th 59th — — N/A 14th N/A
Norway 2000 Oslo Holmenkollen 32nd 21st 47th 18th N/A 11th N/A
Slovenia 2001 Pokljuka 18th 15th 16th 20th N/A 6th N/A
Norway 2002 Oslo Holmenkollen N/A N/A N/A 25th N/A N/A N/A
Russia 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk 9th 11th 7th 14th N/A — N/A
Germany 2004 Oberhof Silver 17th 6th 4th N/A 11th N/A
Austria 2005 Hochfilzen 5th 9th 10th 5th N/A 8th 8th
Slovenia 2006 Pokljuka N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 8th
Italy 2007 Antholz-Anterselva 21st 5th 7th 21st N/A 13th 11th
Sweden 2008 Östersund 30th 11th 11th 21st N/A 17th 6th
South Korea 2009 Pyeongchang 9th 16th 4th 6th N/A 13th 8th
Germany 2012 Ruhpolding 37th 54th 51st — N/A LPD 13th
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
**Team was removed as an event in 1998, and pursuit was added in 1997 with mass start being added in 1999 and the mixed relay in 2005.

Individual victories

5 victories (1 In, 1 Sp, 1 Pu, 2 MS)

Season Date Location Discipline Level
1993–94
1 victory
(1 In) 		16 February 1995 Italy Antholz-Anterselva20 km individualBiathlon World Championships
2005–06
1 victory
(1 MS) 		19 March 2006 Finland Kontiolahti15 km mass startBiathlon World Cup
2007–08
2 victories
(1 Sp, 1 MS) 		5 January 2008 Germany Oberhof10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup
9 March 2008 Russia Khanty-Mansiysk15 km mass startBiathlon World Cup
2008–09
1 victory
(1 MS) 		7 December 2008 Sweden Östersund12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup
*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kokesh, Jerry (18 April 2012). "Retirements and New Coaches". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Viktor Maigourov". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

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