Pavol Pitoňák (born 26 February 1972) is a
Slovak male
curler and curling
coach
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.
As a coach of Slovak wheelchair curling team he participated in
2018 Winter Paralympics
The 2018 Winter Paralympics (), the 12th Paralympic Winter Games, and also more generally known as the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, were an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the Internation ...
.
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 (
František,
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and
Peter
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) are Pavol'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 (Pavol and 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=755&page=3 Pitoňák Pavol - Český svaz curlingu* Video:
Living people
1972 births
Slovak male curlers
Slovak curling coaches
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