Lukáš Bauer

Lukáš Bauer (; born 18 August 1977) is a Czech cross-country skier who has competed since 1996.

Biography On 17 February 2006 he won the Winter Olympics silver medal for the 15 km cross-country classical.

His best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was second in the 15 km classic in 2009.

Bauer is son-in-law of another Czech skier Helena Balatková-Šikolová.

In season 2007–08 he was overall winner of the men's version of the Tour de Ski and FIS Cross-Country World Cup. In 2010, he again won the Tour de Ski in a dramatic come-from-behind victory over Norwegian skier Petter Northug.

Bauer finished with the bronze medal in the 15 km freestyle event at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

After a career in which he collected three Olympic and two World Championship medals, Bauer confirmed his retirement from competing for the Czech national team after the 2017 Nordic World Championships in Lahti, although he indicated that he would continue competing in long-distance races for his own team, which he had set up three years previously. In April 2019 he was named as the Visma Ski Classics Pro Team Director of the year for his work with his ED System Bauer Team. The following month, he was announced as head coach of the Polish men's cross-country ski team.

Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games 3 medals – (1 silver, 2 bronze) Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km 50 km Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 1998 20 45 32 33 15 2002 24 — 12 6 8 — 7 2006 28 Silver 10 16 — 9 — 2010 32 Bronze 7 12 — Bronze — 2014 36 5 — 31 — 8 —

World Championships 2 medals – (2 silver) Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km 50 km Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 1997 19 47 — — 8 1999 21 20 13 — 8 2001 23 22 17 26 27— 14 2003 25 17 20 — — — 7 2005 27 5 34 11 — 8 — 2007 29 — 7 5 — 8 — 2009 31 Silver 25 — — 11 — 2011 33 7 — 13 — 8 — 2013 35 19 23 16 — 11 — 2015 37 7 — Silver — — — 2017 39 19 — — — 11 —

World Cup Season titles 2 titles – (1 overall, 1 distance) SeasonDiscipline2008 Overall Distance

Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintNordicOpeningTour deSkiWorld CupFinalSki TourCanada 1997 19 — 1998 20 — 1999 21 42 53 68 2000 22 61 35 48 2001 23 70 2002 24 11 — 2003 25 5 — 2004 26 11 9 2005 27 12 9 — 2006 28 20 11 — 2007 29 37 19 — — 2008 30 35 2009 31 9 5 10 12 2010 32 10 2011 33 4 9 7 2012 34 13 13 9 6 — 2013 35 12 13 24 6 22 2014 36 20 10 11 13 2015 37 71 42 32 — 2016 38 61 48 — — 17 2017 39 167 116 — — — —

Individual podiums

18 victories – (11 , 7 ) 38 podiums – (27 , 11 )

Team podiums

1 victory – (1 ) 5 podiums – (4 , 1 )