Miroslav Leitner (born August 1, 1966) is a

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ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...

and has been member of the SSA national squad since 1992. Until the split of

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in 1993, he ran for the Czechoslovac team. Leitner was born in

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. He started ski mountaineering in 1983 and competed first in the same year.

Selected results

* 1998: ** 4th,

Patrouille des Glaciers The Patrouille des Glaciers (PDG) is a ski mountaineering race organised every two years by the Swiss Armed Forces, in which military and civilian teams compete. It takes place once every two years at the end of April, in the south part of the ca ...

("seniors I" ranking), together with Milan Madaj and Dušan Trizna * 2001: ** 3rd, European Championship team race (together with Peter Svätojánsky) * 2002: ** 3rd,

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team race (together with Peter Svätojánsky) * 2004: ** 5th,

relay race (together with Peter Svätojánsky, Branislav Kačina and Milan Madaj ** 7th, World Championship team race (together with Peter Svätojánsky) ** 9th, World Championship combination ranking * 2005: ** 5th, European Championship relay race (together with Milan Madaj, Peter Svätojánsky and Branislav Kačina) ** 8th, European Championship team race (together with Peter Svätojánsky) * 2006: ** 4th,

relay race (together with Peter Svätojánsky, Milan Blaško and Milan Madaj) * 2008: ** 5th,

relay race (together with Peter Svätojánsky, Jozef Hlavco and Juraj Laštík)

Pierra Menta

* 1992: 9th, together with Tibor Novajovský * 1993: 3rd, together with Dušan Trizna * 1994: 10th, together with Jean-Bastipte Mang * 1996: 5th, together with Peter Matos * 1997: 9th, together with Peter Matos * 1998: 9th, together with

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* 2000: 4th, together with Peter Svätojánsky * 2001: 4th, together with Peter Svätojánsky * 2002: 8th, together with Peter Svätojánsky * 2005: 9th, together with Peter Svätojánsky

Trofeo Mezzalama

* 2003: 10th, together with Peter Svätojánsky and Milan Madaj

External links

Miroslav Leitner
at SkiMountaineering.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Leitner, Miroslav 1966 births Living people People from Brezno Slovak people of German descent Slovak male ski mountaineers Czechoslovak male ski mountaineers