František Pitoňák (born 3 June 1973 in
Rakúsy,
Kežmarok District
Kežmarok District (Slovak: ''okres Kežmarok'') is a Districts of Slovakia, district in
the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia.
Its seat, cultural and economic center is Kežmarok, the traditional center of the historic Spiš region. The Kežmaro ...
,
Slovakia
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) is a
Slovak male
curler and curling
coach
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.
As a coach of Slovak wheelchair curling team he participated in
2014
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and
2018 Winter Paralympics
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.
Teams
Men's
Mixed
Mixed doubles
Record as a coach of national teams
Personal life
He is from big family of curlers: three of his brothers (
Pavol,
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and
Peter
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** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
* Peter (surname), a su ...
) are František's teammates, they played together many times on European championships and other international curling tournaments; one more his brother
Dušan
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Occurrence
In Serbia, it was the 29th most po ...
played wheelchair curling (František coaches their wheelchair team on Worlds and Winter Paralympics); other family members also are curlers or coaches.
Slovenská curlingová rarita: Súrodenci Pitoňákovci , Športky.sk
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References
External links
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* ttp://old.curling.cz/?player_name_start=P&player_name=&player_id=667&page=3 Pitoňák František - Český svaz curlingu*
* Video:
Living people
1973 births
People from Kežmarok District
Sportspeople from the Prešov Region
Slovak male curlers
Slovak curling coaches
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