Lukáš Klíma (born 19 February 1991) is a

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curler.

Career

Juniors

Klíma skipped the Czech junior team at two

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. At the

2011 World Junior Curling Championships The 2011 World Junior Curling Championships were held from 5 to 13 March at the Dewars Centre in Perth, Scotland. In the men's tournament, Sweden's Oskar Eriksson won the final 6-5 over Switzerland's Peter de Cruz, while Scotland's Eve Muirhead ...

he led teammates Marek Cernovsky, Samuel Mokris and Karel Klima to a 9th-place finish (2-8 record). At the

2012 World Junior Curling Championships The 2012 World Junior Curling Championships was held from March 3 to 11 at the Z-Hallen in Östersund, Sweden. Östersund previously hosted the World Junior Curling Championships in 1999 and in 2008. In the men's final, Canada's Brendan Bottcher ...

, he led Cernovsky,

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and Mokris to an 8th-place finish (2-7 record). The highlight of his junior career came at the

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. There, he led his team of Jiri Candra,

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and David Jirounek to a bronze medal. After posting a 6-3 round robin record, the team beat Canada in a tie breaker, then lost to Korea in the semifinal, before beating Great Britain to claim the bronze. Klíma skipped the Czech Republic again at the

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, but his team had less success, finishing 7th with a 3-6 record. Klíma attended

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. Also during his junior career, Klíma played in the 2012 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. Klíma and partner Petra Vinsova finished in 16th.

Men's

After juniors, Klíma joined the Jiří Snítil rink at

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position. The team played at the

2014 European Curling Championships The 2014 European Curling Championships were held November 22 to 29 at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry, Switzerland. Switzerland last hosted the European Curling Championships in 2010, when it was also held in Champéry. The Group C compet ...

, finishing 5th. Klíma returned to world-level curling as the skip of the Czech team alongside

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at the

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. There, the team finished with a 5–7 record. The team played at the

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, where they finished the event with a 3–6 record, good enough to qualify the country for the

2023 World Men's Curling Championship The 2023 World Curling Championships, World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the 2023 Balkrishna Industries, BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from April 1 to 9 at TD Place Arena, TD Plac ...

. The team then went on to win the 2023 Czech Men's Curling Championship, qualifying the team to represent the Czech Republic at the

, where they finished with a 3–9 record, and 10th overall.The team played in the

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. There, the team finished with a disappointing 2–7 record, however, the result was good enough to qualify again for the

2024 World Men's Curling Championship The 2024 World Men's Curling Championship (65th) (branded as the 2024 LGT World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 30 to April 7 at the KSS Sports Complex in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. This was the first ti ...

. At the 2024 Worlds, the rink improved and went 4–8, finishing 9th. Klíma and the Czech team would continue to improve during the

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, and coached by former world champion

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, the team would again qualify for the

2025 World Men's Curling Championship The 2025 World Curling Championships, World Men's Curling Championship (66th) (branded as the 2025 Balkrishna Industries, BKT Tires World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 29 to April 6 at Temple Gardens Cent ...

. At the 2025 World's the team went 6–6 in the round robin, including wins over the current #1 ranked ranked team in the world, Scotland's

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, and the current European Champions, Germany's

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. This result would also tie the all-time highest placement for a Czech team at the worlds, finishing in 7th place. This strong showing earned the Czech Republic a direct berth to the

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Personal life

Klíma is employed as an attorney and lives in Prague. In 2023, he married fellow curler Petra Vinšová and she changed her surname to "Klímová". (look at publications - at 2022 she still Vinšová, but at 2023 she changed to Klímová)

References

External links

* 1991 births Living people Czech male curlers Winter World University Games medalists in curling FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Czech Republic Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade 21st-century Czech sportsmen Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade Charles University alumni Curlers from Prague {{CzechRepublic-curling-bio-stub