Jaroslav Slávik (born 28 January 1976 in
Poprad
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) is a
Slovak luge
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r who competed from 1990 to 2006. He won the bronze medal in the men's singles event at the
2004 FIL European Luge Championships in
Oberhof, Germany
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.
Slávik's best finish at the
Winter Olympics
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was 16th in the men's singles event at
Salt Lake City
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in
2002
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while his best
World championship
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finish was tenth in the men's singles event at
Park City in
2005
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.
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1976 births
Living people
Lugers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Slovak male lugers
Olympic lugers for Slovakia
Sportspeople from Poprad
21st-century Slovak sportsmen
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