Zdenek PEKNY

Czech Republic

Luge

Date of Birth: 25 Nov 2001

Age: 20

Gender: Male

Place of birth: JABLONEC NAD NISOU

Birth Country:

Czech Republic

Residence: PENCIN

Residence Country:

Czech Republic

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Luge	Doubles CZE VEJDELEK Filip / PEKNY Zdenek	16

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 1	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 2	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 3	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 4	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 5	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 6	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Run 1	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Run 2	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Team Relay Competition	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Youth Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
12	Doubles	2016	Lillehammer, NOR	00:01:48.979
DSQ	Team Relay	2016	Lillehammer, NOR

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
9	Team Relay	2020	Sochi, RUS	2:50.345
18	Doubles	2020	Sochi, RUS	51.578
DNF	Doubles	2019	Winterberg, GER

U23 World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
5	Doubles	2020	Sochi, RUS	51.578
DNF	Doubles	2019	Winterberg, GER

World Cup Rankings
Season	Doubles
2021/22	22
2020/21	23
2019/20	21
2018/19	16

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
16	Doubles	2021/22	Oberhof, GER
18	Doubles	2021/22	Sochi, RUS
19	Doubles	2021/22	Sochi, RUS
20	Doubles	2021/22	St. Moritz, SUI
20	Doubles	2021/22	Sigulda, LAT
21	Doubles	2021/22	Yanqing, CHN

Hobbies:

Sport, music, computer games, animals.

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Languages spoken:

Czech

Club name:

TJ Sane Smrzovka

Coach:

Club: Radka Vejdelkova

Position style:

Back

Sporting relatives:

Cousin Filip Vejdelek, his partner (Luge): 12th in doubles at the Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games. In 2020, fifth in doubles at both the U23 European Championships and U23 World Championships.

Debut:

2018 World Cup in Innsbruck (Doubles - 18th)

Start:

Has been competing since 2012. (FIL Media Guide, 2020/21)

Philosophy:

"Hakuna matata." (olympijskytym.cz, 2016)

General Interest

PARTNER
Has been competing with partner Filip Vejdelek since 2013. In their first season together in 2014/15, the duo finished fourth at the Youth World Cup in Winterberg and had four top-10 junior World Cup results the following year. (Facebook, 22 Sep 2019)

Milestones

Competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer with his cousin/partner Filip Vejdelek (12th).

In 2020, had a top-10 finish at the World Championships (ninth in team relay), and was fifth at the 2020 U23 World Championships (doubles).

Placed a career-high 12th at the 2018 World Cup in Lake Placid, in only his fourth race on the senior World Cup tour. He followed up with another 12th in the doubles sprint at the same event.

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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