Milan Šperl (; born 26 February 1980 in

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) is a Czech

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who has been competing since 2000.

Professional career

He won a bronze medal in the team sprint (with

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) at the

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. Šperl's best individual finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was a sixth in the 50 km event at

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. He is also a six times champion of the Czech Republic in individual races (2002 1.8 km sprint, 2003 50 km classical 2004 1.2 km sprint and 50 km freestyle, 2005 2 × 10 km double pursuit, and 2006 10 km freestyle.)http://sport-casomira.cz/doc/2006/MD060108.pdf

Olympic career

His best finish at the Winter Olympics was 27th in the 50 km event at

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. Šperl has a total of eight individual victories at distances up to 15 km since 2002 in FIS races.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

World Championships

* 1 medal – (1 bronze)

World Cup

Season standings

Team podiums

*1 victory – (1 ) *2 podiums – (2 )

References

External links

*
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sperl, Milan 1980 births Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Czech male cross-country skiers Living people Olympic cross-country skiers for the Czech Republic Sportspeople from Karlovy Vary FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing University of West Bohemia alumni