Juraj Mokráš (born 28 December 1990) is a Slovak

bobsledder Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsle ...

Early life

Prior to his bobsleigh career, Mokráš was a

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

athlete who competed in the

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

at the

2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2008 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Bydgoszcz in Poland at the Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium between 8 and 13 July 2008. Previously Bydgoszcz hosted ...

. He was introduced to bobsleigh by his friend who watched

2010 Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ...

. Mokráš took the sport as a possible opportunity in a sport in which he could establish himself at the top level.

Career

Mokráš made his bobsleigh debut during the

2010–11 Bobsleigh World Cup The 2010–11 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 22 November 2010 in Whistler, Canada and ended on 27 January 2011 in Königssee, Germany. The World Cup was organised by the FIBT wh ...

at the

Utah Olympic Park Track The Utah Olympic Park Track is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton (sport), skeleton track in the United States, located in the Utah Olympic Park near Park City, Utah, Park City, Utah. During the 2002 Winter Olympics in nearby Salt Lake City, the tr ...

, where he teamed up with Milan Jagnešák in the two-man category. They finished eleventh place in the first round and improved to ninth place. At the

2011–12 Bobsleigh World Cup The 2011–12 Bobsleigh World Cup is a multi race tournament over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 2 December 2011 in Igls, Austria and ended on 11 February 2012 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The World Cup is organised by the FIBT wh ...

, Mokráš formed a partnership with Róbert Chorvát in the two-man bobsleigh category. They later teamed up with Milan Jagnešák and

Martin Tešovič Martin Tešovič (born 26 October 1974) is a Slovak bobsledder and weightlifter. Early and personal life Having been involved in sports since childhood, Tešovič wanted to play football, but it did not appeal to him. Tešovič developed an i ...

in the four-man category, finishing 18th place. However, the quartet dropped to 20th place in the fourth round. At the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...

, Mokráš teamed up with Jagnešák, Petr Narovec, and Lukáš Kožienka in the four-man bobsleigh category. They finished 25th place and did not advance to the final race.

References

1990 births Living people Olympic bobsledders for Slovakia Sportspeople from Považská Bystrica Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Slovak male bobsledders 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-bobsleigh-bio-stub