Pavel Ploc

Pavel Ploc is a Czech former ski jumper born on 15 June 1964 in Jilemnice, who competed for Czechoslovakia and won two Olympic medals: a bronze in the individual large hill in 1984 and a silver in the individual normal hill in 1988. He also took two team large hill bronze medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, in 1984 and 1989, and two medals at the Ski Flying World Championships, silver in 1983 and bronze in 1985. At the 1983 Ski Flying World Championships in Harrachov he tied the world ski jumping distance record at 181 metres. After his ski jumping career ended in 1992 he opened a bed-and-breakfast in Harrachov, served on the town council, and was a member of the Czech Parliament for the Czech Social Democratic Party from 2006 to 2017.