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

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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,

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("seniors I" ranking), together with Milan Madaj and

Dušan Trizna Dušan Trizna (born October 1, 1967) is a Slovak ski mountaineer and was member of the SSA national squad. Until the split of Czechoslovakia in 1993, he competed for the Czechoslovak team. Selected results * 1998: ** 4th, Patrouille des Gla ...

* 2001: ** 3rd, European Championship team race (together with

Peter Svätojánsky Peter Svätojánsky (born January 12, 1977) is a Slovakian ski mountaineer and has been member of the SSA national squad since 1999. Svätojánsky was born in Poprad. He started ski mountaineering in 1990 and competed first in 1992. He lives in N ...

) * 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 Milan Blaško (21 July 1961 – 26 December 2016) was a Slovak ski mountaineer from Poprad. Together with Miroslav Leitner, Milan Madaj and Peter Svätojánsky, he finished fourth in the relay event of the 2006 World Championship of Ski Mountain ...

and Milan Madaj) * 2008: ** 5th,

relay race (together with Peter Svätojánsky, Jozef Hlavco and

Juraj Laštík Juraj Laštík (born 6 March 1987) is a Slovak ski mountaineer. He became a member of the SSA national squad in 2005. Laštík was born in Dolny Kubin. He started ski mountaineering in 2003 and competed first in the ''Skialpfest'' in 2004. S ...

)

Pierra Menta

* 1992: 9th, together with

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* 1993: 3rd, together with Dušan Trizna * 1994: 10th, together with Jean-Bastipte Mang * 1996: 5th, together with

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* 1997: 9th, together with Peter Matos * 1998: 9th, together with Adriano Greco * 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