Name Ed Podivinsky | Role Olympic athlete | |
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Olympic medals Alpine Skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics - Men's Downhill | ||
Edward "Ed" Charles Podivinsky (born March 8, 1970) is a Canadian alpine skier who competed in the 1994 Winter Olympics, in the 1998 Winter Olympics, and in the 2002 Winter Olympics. He was member of the 1992 Canadian Olympic (Albertville) team as well. He was injured in his last training run for the men's downhill event.
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Personal
Podivinsky was born in Edmonton, Alberta. He is of Czech descent. His brother Thomas died in a ski accident on February 16, 2014, at Whitefish Montana.
Medals
In 1994 he won the bronze medal in the Alpine downhill event.
Career
Ed currently works in the institutional equity division at RBC Capital Markets.
Biography
Podivinsky was an Olympic bronze medalist. He competed for 13 years on the national team, captured a World Cup downhill in Saalbach, Austria. Ed was Canada's first world junior alpine champion in 1989. Before that, he skied as a forerunner at the 1988 Calgary Olympics. At 15, he was training with the national team. Former Olympian Carey Mullen recalled a Canadian alpine ski team race he and Podivinsky competed in as teenagers. Mullen, 16, came in 17th. Then 15-year-old Podivinsky flew into the finish area in third place, more than three seconds faster than Mullen. Although they started as rivals, the two became training partners and eventually friends. They both finidhrf 1-2 at a World Cup downhill in Saalbach in 1994. That set the stage for Lillehammer and Podivinsky's Olympic highlight. One of Podivinsky's favourite stories about reaching the podium in 1994 occurred soon after he crashed at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville. That spill happened on the final day of training in Val d'Isere, France, and took him out of the race. Within days, he was in a Vancouver hospital recovering from reconstructive knee surgery. "I was really groggy and Dr. Pat McConkey comes into my room, opens the drapes and turns on the TV," Podivinsky recalled. "He said, ‘[Canada's] Kerrin Lee-Gartner has just won gold. I repaired both those knees. You'd better make it back as well.'." Podivinsky made it back for Lillehammer, Nagano (where he placed fifth) and finally Salt Lake City (24th), where he knew his career was done. After retiring at 31, Podivinsky entered the world of finance. While competing, he studied for his chartered financial analyst exams and would spend time on trading floors during the off-season. He is Director of global equity sales for Royal Bank of Canada and a father of four, all are skiers. [14]
Sports performance
Olympic Résulats
Lillehammer in 1994 , 23 yearsSkiing, downhill : 3rd placeAlpine Skiing Super G: AbandonSkiing, Handset: AbandonNagano in 1998 , 27 years
Skiing, downhill : 5th placeAlpine Skiing Super G: DisqualifiedSkiing, downhill : Abandon2002 Salt Lake City, 31 years old
Skiing, downhill : 24th placeSkiing, Handset: Abandon1995 Résulats of National competitions and North American
7th place , Giant Slalom , Stoneham / Le Relais, Quebec5th place, Slalom, Stoneham / Le Relais, Quebec1st place , Downhill , Mont Ste- Anne , Quebec3rd Place , Super G, Mont Ste- Anne , Quebec3rd place , Downhill , Whitefish , Montana9th place , Giant Slalom , Whistler, British Columbia1996
6th place Slalom , Le Relais , Quebec6th place , Giant Slalom , Stoneham , Quebec1st place , Downhill , Mont Ste- Anne , Quebec1997
3rd place Giant Slalom , Rossland, British Columbia4th place, Downhill, Rossland, British Columbia2nd place, Super G, Rossland, British Columbia1998
1st place , Downhill Skiing, Jackson Hole, Wyoming2000
6th place , Giant Slalom , Sun Peaks, British Columbia2001
2nd place , Downhill Skiing, Lake Louise, Alberta3rd place , Downhill Skiing, Lake Louise, Alberta3rd place, Downhill, Mont Ste- Anne , Quebec7th , Super G, Mont Ste- Anne , Quebec8th place, Slalom, Mont Orford , Quebec2002
4th place , Downhill Skiing, Whistler , British Columbia, QuebecRésulats International Competitions 1988
8th place , Downhill , Madonna di Campiglio , Italy1989
1st place , Downhill Aleyska , Alaska1991
9th place , Giant Slalom , Saalbach -Hinterglemm, Austria1994
1st place , Downhill , Saalbach -Hinterglemm, Austria5th place, Handset, Chamonix, France3rd place , Downhill Skiing, Lillehammer, Norway7th place , Downhill , Aspen, United States of America4th place , Downhill , Aspen, United States of America5th place, Downhill, Cail , United States of America1995
4th place , Downhill Kitzbühel , Austria7th place , Handset , Wengen, Switzerland5th place , Downhill , Saalbach -Hinterglemm, Austria4th , Super G , Whistler, British Columbia4th place, Downhill, Mont Ste- Anne , Quebec9th place , Giant Slalom , Whistler, British Columbia4th , Super G, El Colorado / Farellone , Chile10th place , Downhill Skiing, Vail, Colorado3rd place , Downhill , Bormio, Italy1996
5th place, Handset, Kitzbühel , Austria2nd place Super -G , Garmisch -Partenkirchen , Germany2nd place, Downhill, Mont Ste Anne , Quebec3rd place Slalom, Mont Garceau , Quebec2nd place Giant Slalom , Mont Garceau , Quebec4th place , Downhill , Bormio , Italy1997
10th place , Downhill Kitzbühel , Austria4th , Super G , Garmisch -Partenkirchen , Germany3rd place , Downhill Kvitfjell , Norway5th place, Downhill, Valle Nevado / LaParva , Chile1998
9th place , Downhill , Wengen, Switzerland3rd place, Handset, Kitzbühel , Austria1st place , Downhill , Jackson, Wyoming1999
3rd place, Downhill, Val Gardena, Italy10th place , Downhill Skiing, Val Gardena, Italy2000
3rd place , Downhill , Wengen, Switzerland5th place , Downhill , Bormio, Italy