Milan Kučera (born 18 June 1974 in

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) is a former Czech nordic combined skier who competed from 1991 to 2002. Competing in four Winter Olympics, his best finish was fifth in the 15 km individual event at

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. Kučera's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was fourth in the 15 km individual at

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. His only World Cup victory was in a 15 km individual event in

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in 1998. He is son of another Czech skier Tomáš Kučera.

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* 1974 births Nordic combined skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Czech male Nordic combined skiers Living people Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak male Nordic combined skiers Olympic Nordic combined skiers for the Czech Republic Sportspeople from Jilemnice {{nordic-skiing-bio-stub