Pavel Ploc

Czech former ski jumper (born 1964)
the Czech Olympic biathlete

Pavel Ploc (, born 15 June 1964) is a Czech former ski jumper who competed for Czechoslovakia, winning two Olympic medals.

At the Winter Olympics, he earned a silver in the individual normal hill in 1988 and a bronze in the individual large hill in 1984. Ploc also earned two bronze medals in the Team large hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (1984, 1989). He also won two medals at the FIS Ski Flying World Championships with a silver in 1983 and a bronze in 1985. Ploc finished his active ski jumping career in 1992 and in 1996 opened Bed&Breakfast in Harrachov, Czech Republic. From 1996 to 2002 he was an elected member of the Harrachov town council. He unsuccessfully run for a seat in the Czech Parliament in 2002 but won that seat in 2006 and became a member of the lower chamber of the Czech Parliament for the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD). On 19 March 1983, at the 7th Ski Flying World Championships, he tied the ski jumping world record distance at 181 metres (594 ft) on Čerťák in Harrachov, Czechoslovakia.

No. Season Date Location Hill Size1 1982–83 9 January 1983   Harrachov Čerťák K120 LH2 1983–84 9 March 1984   Lillehammer Balbergbakken K120 LH3 25 March 1984   Planica Bloudkova velikanka K120 LH4 1985–86 1 January 1986   Garmisch Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze K107 LH5 1987–88 12 December 1987   Lake Placid MacKenzie Intervale K114 LH6 13 December 1987   Lake Placid MacKenzie Intervale K86 NH7 30 December 1987   Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze K115 LH8 22 January 1988   Gstaad Mattenschanze K88 NH9 1988–89 14 January 1989   Liberec Ještěd A K120 LH10 1989–90 11 March 1990   Sollefteå Hallstabacken K107 LH