Pavol Pitoňák

Pavol Pitoňák (born (1972-02-26)February 26, 1972) is a Slovak male curler and curling coach.[1]

Pavol Pitoňák
Curler
 ♂
Born (1972-02-26) February 26, 1972
Career
Member Association Slovakia
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances		2 (2012, 2013)
European Championship
appearances		10 (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019)
Other appearancesEuropean Mixed Championship: 4 (2007, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Medal record
Curling

As a coach of Slovak wheelchair curling team he participated in 2018 Winter Paralympics.

Teams

Men's
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2004–05 Pavel KociánRadomir VozarPavol PitoňákJuraj KapolkaStefan TurnaGerry "Soupy" CampbellECC 2004 (21st)
2005–06 Pavol PitoňákPavel KocianRadomir VozarJuraj KapolkaStefan TurnaGerry "Soupy" CampbellECC 2005 (23th)
2007–08 Pavol PitoňákFrantišek PitoňákTomáš PitoňákPeter PitoňákMilan KalisGerry "Soupy" CampbellECC 2007 (17th)
2008–09 Pavol PitoňákFrantišek PitoňákTomáš PitoňákPeter PitoňákStefan TurnaGerry "Soupy" CampbellECC 2008 (21st)
2009–10 Pavol PitoňákFrantišek PitoňákTomáš PitoňákPeter PitoňákStefan TurnaGerry "Soupy" CampbellECC 2009 (28th)
2010–11 Pavol PitoňákFrantišek PitoňákTomáš PitoňákPeter PitoňákGerry "Soupy" CampbellECC 2010 (14th)
2011–12 Pavol PitoňákFrantišek PitoňákTomáš PitoňákPeter PitoňákMilan KajanGerry "Soupy" CampbellECC 2011 (24th)
2012–13 Pavol PitoňákFrantišek PitoňákTomáš PitoňákPeter PitoňákRene PetkoGerry "Soupy" CampbellECC 2012 (23rd)
2014–15 Pavol PitoňákFrantišek PitoňákTomáš PitoňákPeter PitoňákJuraj GalloECC 2014 (28th)
2016–17 David MisunJuraj GalloJakub PolakPavol PitoňákPatrik Kapralik
2017–18 David MisunJuraj GalloJakub PolakPavol PitoňákPatrik Kapralik
2018–19 Pavol PitoňákFrantišek PitoňákTomáš PitoňákPeter PitoňákECC 2018 (22nd)
2019–20 Pavol PitoňákFrantišek PitoňákTomáš PitoňákPeter PitoňákECC 2019 (25th)

Mixed
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2007–08 Pavel KociánBarbora VojtusovaPavol PitoňákZuzana AxamitováRonald KrcmarVladimira PitoňákováEMxCC 2007 (12th)
2011–12 Pavel KociánDaniela MatulováPavol PitoňákSilvia SýkorováEMxCC 2011 (16th)
2012–13 Pavol PitoňákGabriela KajanováFrantišek PitoňákPetra PitoňákováEMxCC 2012 (9th)
2013–14 Pavol PitoňákDaniela MatulováFrantišek PitoňákZuzana AxamitováVladimira PitoňákováEMxCC 2013 (8th)

Mixed doubles
Season Male Female Coach Events
2011–12 Pavol PitoňákSilvia SýkorováDaniel SýkoraWMDCC 2012 (17th)
2012–13 Pavol PitoňákGabriela KajanováVladimira PitoňákováWMDCC 2013 (19th)

Record as a coach of national teams
Year Tournament, event National team Place
20082008 World Wheelchair Curling Qualification Slovakia (wheelchair)
10
20172017 World Junior B Curling Championships Slovakia (junior women)
5
20182018 Winter Paralympics Slovakia (wheelchair)
9

Personal life

He is from big family of curlers: three of his brothers (František, Tomáš and Peter) are Pavol's teammates, they played together many times on European championships and other international curling tournaments; one more his brother Dušan played wheelchair curling (Pavol and František coaches their wheelchair team on Worlds and Winter Paralympics); other family members also are curlers or coaches.[2]

References
  1. Pavol Pitoňák on the World Curling Federation database
  2. Slovenská curlingová rarita: Súrodenci Pitoňákovci | Športky.sk(in Slovak)


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