Ondřej Bank

Ondřej Bank (; born 27 October 1980) is a Czech retired World Cup alpine ski racer.

Born in Zábřeh na Moravě, Bank began his international career in 1995 when he first competed at the Junior World Championship. His first World Cup race was in January 2001. Bank is a specialist in the combined event, and his two podiums came at Beaver Creek and Kitzbühel.

His biggest achievement is fifth place in the Giant Slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. At the time, it was the best Czech Olympic skiing result since Peter Jurko placed fifth in the combined in 1988 at Calgary Olympics. On 22 February 2016 he announced that he would retire from skiing after bad results in the 2016 season. He didn't win any points with 10 starts. His last race was on 16 January 2016, a downhill in Wengen.

World Cup results

Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2004 23 93 — — — — 8 2005 24 126 — 48 — — — 2006 25 98 — — — — 22 2007 26 84 42 — — — 20 2008 27 74 44 — — — 17 2009 28 Unranked 0 points 2010 29 55 45 23 — — 16 2011 30 26 27 14 59 40 7 2012 31 Unranked 0 points 2013 32 2014 33 100 — 38 — 55 25 2015 34 41 — 35 38 31 5 2016 35 Unranked 0 points

Race podiums

2 podiums – (2 SC)

World Championships results Year Location Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2001 St. Anton, Austria 20 DNF2 26 — — 6 2003 St.Moritz, Switzerland 22 DNF2 DNF1 41 37 16 2005 Bormio, Italy 24 DNF2 24 26 DNF 16 2007 Åre, Sweden 26 DNF1 17 36 35 10 2009 Val-d'Isère, France 28 — — — — — 2011 Garmisch, Germany 30 DNF1 19 17 21 5 2013 Schladming, Austria 32 — DNS1 — 27 11 2015 Beaver Creek, USA 34 — — DNF 7 DSQ1

Year Location Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2002 Salt Lake City, United States 21 DNF2 DNF1 DNS 39 DNF3 2006 Turin, Italy 25 DNS1 16 DNF DNF 6 2010 Vancouver, Canada 29 11 17 — 30 7 2014 Sochi, Russia 33 DNS1 5 9 20 7