Milan Šperl

Milan Šperl (; born 26 February 1980 in Karlovy Vary) is a Czech cross-country skier who has been competing since 2000.

Professional career He won a bronze medal in the team sprint (with Dušan Kožíšek) at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo. Šperl's best individual finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was a sixth in the 50 km event at Oberstdorf in 2005.

He is also a six times champion of the Czech Republic in individual races (2002 1.8 km sprint, 2003 50 km classical 2004 1.2 km sprint and 50 km freestyle, 2005 2 × 10 km double pursuit, and 2006 10 km freestyle.)

Olympic career His best finish at the Winter Olympics was 27th in the 50 km event at Turin in 2006. Šperl has a total of eight individual victories at distances up to 15 km since 2002 in FIS races.

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

Olympic Games Year Age 15 km Pursuit 30 km 50 km Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 2002 21 45 52 — 49 — — 2006 25 — 35 27 — — — 2010 29 43 — — — — —

World Championships 1 medal – (1 bronze) Year Age 15 km Pursuit 30 km 50 km Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 2003 22 40 — 54 —46 — 2005 24 — 59 6 — — — 2007 26 44 — — — 8 Bronze 2009 28 — 53 32 — — —

World Cup Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintTour deSkiWorld CupFinal 2000 20 — — 2001 21 2002 22 2003 23 2004 24 2005 25 106 67 2006 26 77 51 — 2007 27 73 52 41 2008 28 85 54 — — — 2009 29 151 92 45 2010 30 37 —

Team podiums

1 victory – (1 ) 2 podiums – (2 )

No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates1 2006–07 19 November 2006 Gällivare, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Bauer / Koukal / Magál 22007–08 9 December 2007 Davos, Switzerland 4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup 1st Jakš / Bauer / Koukal