Ladislav Švanda
Country Czech Republic
Born (1959-02-14) 14 February 1959
Prague, Czechoslovakia
World Cup career
Seasons8 – (19821983, 19851990)
Starts21
Podiums0
Overall titles0 – (25th in 1985)
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Calgary 4 × 10 km relay
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Lahti 4 × 10 km relay

Ladislav Švanda (born 14 February 1959 in Prague) is a former Czech cross-country skier who raced 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.

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)
 Year   Age   15 km   30 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
198829Bronze

World Championships

  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   15 km 
 classical 
 15 km 
 freestyle 
 30 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1987281394
1989301717Bronze

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Overall
19822361
19832456
19852625
19862732
19872839
19882928
198930NC
19903143

Team podiums

  • 3 podiums – (3 RL)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
11987–884 February 1988Canada Calgary, Canada4 × 10 km Relay FOlympic Games[1]3rdNyč / Korunka / Benc
21988–8924 February 1989Finland Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Championships[1]3rdPetrásek / Nyč / Korunka
31989–9011 March 1990Sweden Örnsköldsvik, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdBuchta / 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.

References

  1. "SVANDA Ladislav". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
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