Ladislav Švanda
Czech cross-country skier (born 1983)
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Ladislav Švanda (born 14 February 1959) is a Czech former cross-country skier who competed for Czechoslovakia from 1982 to 1990. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary while his best individual Winter Olympics finish was a 15th in the 50 km event at those same games.
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| Nationality |  Czech Republic | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 February 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 8 – (1982–1983, 1985–1990) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team podiums | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team wins | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (25th in 1985) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Švanda also won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. His best individual finish at the Nordic skiing World Championships was ninth in the 50 km event in 1987.
Švanda's best career World Cup finish was seventh twice (1985, 1986).
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]
Olympic Games
- 1 medal – (1 bronze)
World Championships
- 1 medal – (1 bronze)
World Cup
Season standings
Team podiums
- 3 podiums – (3 RL)
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammates |
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| 1 | 1987–88 | 4 February 1988 |  Calgary, Canada | 4 × 10 km Relay F | Olympic Games[1] | 3rd | Nyč / Korunka / Benc |
| 2 | 1988–89 | 24 February 1989 |  Lahti, Finland | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Championships[1] | 3rd | Petrásek / Nyč / Korunka |
| 3 | 1989–90 | 11 March 1990 |  Örnsköldsvik, Sweden | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Buchta / Nyč / Korunka |
Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Winter Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
