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Lukáš Bauer

Lukáš Bauer
BAUER Lukas Tour de Ski 2.jpg
Born (1977-08-18) 18 August 1977 (age 39)
Ostrov nad Ohří, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Ski club Dukla Liberec
World Cup career
Seasons 1997–
Individual wins 11
Indiv. podiums 28
Overall titles 1 (2007–08)

Lukáš Bauer (Czech pronunciation: [ˈlukaːʃ ˈbau̯ɛr]; born 18 August 1977) is a Czech cross-country skier who has competed since 1996.

He is different from Lukas Bauer, a German national volleyball player.

On 17 February 2006 he won the Winter Olympics silver medal for the 15 km cross-country classical.

His best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was second in the 15 km classic in 2009.

Bauer is son-in-law of another Czech skier Helena Balatková-Šikolová.

In season 2007–08 he was overall winner of the men's version of the Tour de Ski and FIS Cross-Country World Cup. In 2010, he again won the Tour de Ski in a dramatic come-from-behind victory over Norwegian skier Petter Northug.

Bauer finished with the bronze medal at the 15 km freestyle event at the 2010 Winter Olympics.


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