František Pitoňák

František Pitoňák
Curler
 ♂
Born (1973-06-03) 3 June 1973 (age 51)
Rakúsy, Kežmarok District, Slovakia
Curling career
Member Association Slovakia
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances		1 (2011)
European Championship
appearances		11 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Other appearancesEuropean Mixed Championship: 2 (2012, 2013)
Medal record
Curling

František Pitoňák (born 3 June 1973 in Rakúsy, Kežmarok District, Slovakia) is a Slovak male curler and curling coach.[1]

As a coach of Slovak wheelchair curling team he participated in 2014 and 2018 Winter Paralympics.

Teams

Men's

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2005–06 Milan Kajan František Pitoňák Radomir Vozar Boris Kutka
2006–07 František Pitoňák Boris Kutka Milan Kajan Rene Petko Karel Pospichal ECC 2006 (19th)
2007–08 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák Milan Kalis Gerry "Soupy" Campbell ECC 2007 (17th)
2008–09 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák Stefan Turna Gerry "Soupy" Campbell ECC 2008 (21st)
2009–10 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák Stefan Turna Gerry "Soupy" Campbell ECC 2009 (28th)
2010–11 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák Gerry "Soupy" Campbell ECC 2010 (14th)
2011–12 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák Milan Kajan Gerry "Soupy" Campbell ECC 2011 (24th)
2012–13 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák Rene Petko Gerry "Soupy" Campbell ECC 2012 (23rd)
2014–15 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák Juraj Gallo ECC 2014 (28th)
2015–16 David Misun (fourth) Patrik Kapralik Juraj Gallo (skip) Jakub Polak František Pitoňák Marina Gallova ECC 2015 (19th)
2017–18 David Misun (fourth) Patrik Kapralik Juraj Gallo (skip) Jakub Polak František Pitoňák Alan Mitchell ECC 2017 (10th)
2018–19 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák ECC 2018 (22nd)
2019–20 Pavol Pitoňák František Pitoňák Tomáš Pitoňák Peter Pitoňák ECC 2019 (25th)

Mixed

Season Skip Third Second Lead Coach Events
2012–13 Pavol Pitoňák Gabriela Kajanová František Pitoňák Petra Pitoňáková EMxCC 2012 (9th)
2013–14 Pavol Pitoňák Daniela Matulová František Pitoňák Zuzana Axamitová Vladimira Pitoňáková EMxCC 2013 (8th)

Mixed doubles

Season Male Female Coach Events
2010–11 František Pitoňák Petra Pitoňáková Klaudia Repaciková WMDCC 2011 (15th)

Record as a coach of national teams

Year Tournament, event National team Place
2006 2006 European Junior Curling Challenge  Slovakia (junior men)
11
2008 2008 European Junior Curling Challenge  Slovakia (junior women)
8
2009 2008 European Junior Curling Challenge  Slovakia (junior women)
9
2010 2010 World Wheelchair Curling Qualification  Slovakia (wheelchair)
6
2011 2012 World Wheelchair Curling Qualification  Slovakia (wheelchair)
1st place, gold medalist(s)
2012 2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship  Slovakia (wheelchair)
4
2013 2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship  Slovakia (wheelchair)
7
2014 2014 Winter Paralympics  Slovakia (wheelchair)
6
2015 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship  Slovakia (wheelchair)
4
2015 2015 European Curling Championships (C Division)  Slovakia (men)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2016 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship  Slovakia (wheelchair)
9
2016 2016 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship  Slovakia (wheelchair)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2018 2018 Winter Paralympics  Slovakia (wheelchair)
9
2019 2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship  Slovakia (wheelchair)
6
2020 2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship  Slovakia (wheelchair)
8
2021 2021 World Wheelchair Curling Championship  Slovakia (wheelchair)
10
2022 2022 Winter Paralympics  Slovakia (wheelchair)
4

Personal life

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

References

  1. ^ František Pitoňák at World Curling Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Slovenská curlingová rarita: Súrodenci Pitoňákovci | Športky.sk(in Slovak)


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