Additional Information
Highlights
Rank | Event | Year | Location |
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Olympic Winter Games |
7 | Men | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN |
World Championship |
2 | Men | 2006 | Latvia |
3 | Men | 2011 | Slovakia |
7 | Men | 2013 | Sweden/Finland |
- Hobbies: Football, tennis, music, cycling, travelling. (coyotes.nhl.com, 27 Apr 2013; NOC Media Guide, 2014)
- Family: Wife Helena, son Andreas and daughter Ella
- Club Name: Phoenix Coyotes, United States
- Position Style: Defence (eliteprospects.com, 19 May 2013)
- Sporting Relatives: His brother Milan is also an ice hockey player, and has played NHL with the Ottawa Senators. (eliteprospects.com, 19 May 2013)
- Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010
- Occupation: Athlete
- Languages Spoken: Czech, English
- Coach: Dave Tippett [club], CAN; Alois Hadamczik [national], CZE (bleacherreport.com, 12 Jul 2013; montrealhockeytalk.com, 02 Aug 2012)
- Hand: Shoots right (eliteprospects.com, 19 May 2013)
- Injuries: In October 2007 he was sidelined for seven games after breaking his hand. (thehockeynews.com, 25 Aug 2009)
Additional Information
National League
National Hockey League [NHL] (eliteprospects.com, 19 May 201)
Start of sporting career
He took up the sport at age six. (NOC Media Guide, 2014)
Reason for taking up this sport
He was introduced to the sport by his parents. (NOC Media Guide, 2014)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Playing in the final of the 2005 World Championships in Austria and his first NHL game during the 2003/04 season. (coyotes.nhl.com, 27 Apr 2013)
Hero
Czech ice hockey player Jaromir Jagr. (coyotes.nhl.com, 27 Apr 2013)