David Výborný
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David Vyborny, left, signing autographs with Fredrik Norrena in February 2008
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| Born |
January 22, 1975 Jihlava, Czechoslovakia |
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 189 lb (86 kg; 13 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
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CZE team Former teams |
BK Mladá Boleslav NHL Columbus Blue Jackets SEL Modo Hockey |
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| National team |
 Czech Republic
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| NHL Draft | 33rd overall, 1993 Edmonton Oilers |
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| Playing career | 1992–present | ||
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| Men's ice hockey | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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2006 Turin | Ice hockey |
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1996 Vienna | Ice hockey |
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1999 Norway | Ice hockey |
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2000 Russia | Ice hockey |
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2001 Germany | Ice hockey |
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2005 Vienna | Ice hockey |
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2006 Riga | Ice hockey |
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1997 Helsinki | Ice hockey |
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1998 Zürich | Ice hockey |
David Výborný (born January 22, 1975) is a retired Czech professional ice hockey player who last played for BK Mladá Boleslav of the Czech Extraliga. He has played for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Výborný first rose to prominence playing with Sparta Prague of the Czech Extraliga in 1992. He scored 20 goals and 44 points in 52 games, all as a teenager. The Edmonton Oilers picked Výborný up in the second round of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, and he proved that he was not a fluke by scoring 46 points for Sparta in the next season.
Výborný came over to North America for the 1994–95 season and played for the Cape Breton Oilers of the American Hockey League (AHL). He again performed quite well, scoring 61 points in 76 games, third most on his team and fifth most among AHL rookies. However, he headed back to Europe after only one season in the AHL. Upon his return to Sparta, he scored at a rigorous pace. He scored 42 points in 40 games and helped Sparta into the playoffs, where he again scored more than a point per game. Výborný spent one more season in Prague and continued to improve with 49 points in 47 games; he added 14 more in the playoffs.
Výborný was a star in the Czech Republic, but he went to Sweden for the 1997–98 season. He played for Modo and led the team in scoring. Again, after just one season abroad, Výborný went back to Sparta Prague. In the 1998–99 season, Výborný cemented his place as one of the stars of the Czech hockey scene. He scored 70 points in 52 games and won the Extraliga's scoring title by 18 points. In the next season, he continued to rack up points and finished second in the league's scoring race. He also won a championship with Sparta. Finally, it seemed as if Výborný had nothing left to prove in the Czech Republic.
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