Tomas VAVERCAK

Slovakia

Luge

Date of Birth: 15 Jul 1999

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Place of birth: POPRAD

Birth Country:

Slovakia

Residence: DOLNY SMOKOVEC

Residence Country:

Slovakia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Luge	Doubles SVK VAVERCAK Tomas / ZMIJ Matej	13

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
6	Doubles	2016	Lillehammer, NOR	00:01:47.068
8	Team Relay	2016	Lillehammer, NOR	00:02:57.153

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
6	Team Relay	2020	Sochi, RUS	2:46.297
8	Team Relay	2021	Koenigssee, GER	2:46.525
14	Doubles	2021	Koenigssee, GER	1:41.629
17	Doubles	2020	Sochi, RUS	1:41.487

Junior World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
5	Doubles	2019	Innsbruck, AUT	1:21.247
DNF	Team Relay	2019	Innsbruck, AUT

U23 World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
4	Doubles	2021	Koenigssee, GER	1:41.629
4	Doubles	2020	Sochi, RUS	1:41.487

World Cup Rankings
Season	Doubles
2021/22	16
2020/21	15
2019/20	22
2018/19	21
2017/18	25
2016/17	32

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

Hobbies:

Cycling, football, computers.

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Languages spoken:

Slovak

Club name:

SK Dukla Banska Bystrica / VSC Dukla Banska Bystrica

Coach:

National: Lukas Broz (CZE)

Position style:

Back

Debut:

2017 World Cup at Innsbruck (Doubles - 19th)

Start:

Took up the sport in 2009 after a primary school visit by Slovakian lugers Maria Jasencakova and Walter Marx Sr. (FIL Media Guide, 2020/21; olympic.sk, 11 Dec 2020)

Memorable:

"I appreciate every success I achieve. When I'm happy with the rides, the results come." (olympic.sk, 11 Dec 2020)

Philosophy:

"All things are difficult before they are easy." (Instagram)

General Interest

PARTNER
Has partnered with Matej Zmij since age 14 at the junior level. In the 2017/18 season, the team narrowly missed out on qualifying for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games by one slot. (olympic.sk, 11 Dec 2020; webnoviny.sk, 21 Dec 2017)

Milestones

Two top-10 finishes at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games, finishing sixth in the doubles (with Matej Zmij) and eighth in the team relay.

In each of his two appearances in doubles at the U23 World Championships, he finished fourth in both years (2020, 2021).
Was fourth at the 2018 Junior World Championships (fifth in 2019).

Placed a career-high seventh in doubles at the World Cup in Winterberg in 2019/20, the pair's only top-10 finish outside of relay events. The duo also won one of their two Junior World Cup victories on the Winterberg course.

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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