Pavol Pitoňák

Pavol Pitoňák (born 26 February 1972) is a Slovak male curler and curling coach.

As a coach of Slovak wheelchair curling team he participated in 2018 Winter Paralympics.

Teams Men's Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events 2004–05 Pavel Kocián Radomir Vozar Pavol Pitoňák Juraj Kapolka Stefan Turna Gerry "Soupy" Campbell (21st) 2005–06 Pavol Pitoňák Pavel Kocian Radomir Vozar Juraj Kapolka Stefan Turna Gerry "Soupy" Campbell (23rd) 2007–08 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák Milan Kalis Gerry "Soupy" Campbell (17th) 2008–09 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák Stefan Turna Gerry "Soupy" Campbell (21st) 2009–10 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák Stefan Turna Gerry "Soupy" Campbell (28th) 2010–11 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák Gerry "Soupy" Campbell (14th) 2011–12 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák Milan Kajan Gerry "Soupy" Campbell (24th) 2012–13 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák Rene Petko Gerry "Soupy" Campbell (23rd) 2014–15 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák Juraj Gallo (28th) 2016–17 David Misun Juraj Gallo Jakub Polak Pavol Pitoňák Patrik Kapralik 2017–18 David Misun Juraj Gallo Jakub Polak Pavol Pitoňák Patrik Kapralik 2018–19 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák (22nd) 2019–20 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák (25th)

Mixed Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events 2007–08 Pavel Kocián Barbora Vojtusova Pavol Pitoňák Zuzana Axamitová Ronald Krcmar Vladimira Pitoňáková EMxCC 2007 (12th) 2011–12 Pavel Kocián Daniela Matulová Pavol Pitoňák Silvia Sýkorová EMxCC 2011 (16th) 2012–13 Pavol Pitoňák Gabriela Kajanová František Pitoňák Petra Pitoňáková EMxCC 2012 (9th) 2013–14 Pavol Pitoňák Daniela Matulová František Pitoňák Zuzana Axamitová Vladimira Pitoňáková EMxCC 2013 (8th)

Mixed doubles Season Male Female Coach Events 2011–12 Pavol Pitoňák Silvia Sýkorová Daniel Sýkora (17th) 2012–13 Pavol Pitoňák Gabriela Kajanová Vladimira Pitoňáková (19th)

Record as a coach of national teams Year Tournament, event National team Place 2008 2008 World Wheelchair Curling Qualification (wheelchair) 2017 2017 World Junior B Curling Championships (junior women) 2018 2018 Winter Paralympics (wheelchair)

Personal life He is from big family of curlers: three of his brothers (František, Tomáš and Peter) are Pavol's teammates, they played together many times on European championships and other international curling tournaments; one more his brother Dušan played wheelchair curling (Pavol and František coaches their wheelchair team on Worlds and Winter Paralympics); other family members also are curlers or coaches.