Pavel Paloncý
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| Born | 30 November 1984 Kromeriz, Czech Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in).[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb; 14.3 st)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | http://ar2.palonc.org/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pavel Paloncý (born November 30 1984[5]) is a Czech extreme endurance athlete and adventurer. He is a three-time Spine Race champion. He is Expedition OCR 2018 World Champion and 2017 Spartan Ultra 24h World Championship silver medalist. He works as a translator and is running his own GPS tracking business.
Biography[edit]
Selected results[edit]
Ultra-trail[edit]
- 2014 - 1st place - Spine Race[6] (430km single-stage winter Ultramarathon following the entire length of Pennine Way in the United Kingdom.)
- 2015 - 1st place - Spine Race (430km single-stage winter Ultramarathon following the entire length of Pennine Way in the United Kingdom.)
- 2016 - 2nd place - Spine Race (430km single-stage winter Ultramarathon following the entire length of Pennine Way in the United Kingdom.)
- 2017 - 2nd place - Spine Race (430km single-stage winter Ultramarathon following the entire length of Pennine Way in the United Kingdom.)
- 2018 - 1st place - Spine Race (430km single-stage winter Ultramarathon following the entire length of Pennine Way in the United Kingdom.)
- 2021 - 2nd place - La Petite Trotte à Léon (The longest course of Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc event. 300km and 30.000m+ in high-mountain terrain in Mont Blanc massif. Mostly off-trail, traversing glaciers, the course goes through Switzerland, Italy and France.) (Race partner: Filip Šilar)
- 2019 - 2nd place - Andorra Ultra Trail - Euphoria course - (230km and 20.000m+ in high mountain terrain in Pyrenees around Andorra.) (Race partner: Filip Šilar)
- 2018 - 3rd place men (4th overall) - Munga Trail (400km single-stage Ultramarathon in South Africa province Mpumalanga.)
Adventure racing[edit]
- 2015 - 1st place - Beast of Ballyhoura - 48hour Adventure race in Ireland, part of European Adventure Racing Series (with Filip Šilar, Dan Šilar and Kristýna Sochová)
- 2017 - 3rd place - Huairasinchi - Adventure race in Ecuador, part of Adventure Racing World Series (with Tomáš Matera, Václav Král and Zuzana Weissová)
- 2019 - 9th place - World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji - team Czech (with Jan Císař (TC), Jan Obuškevič, Tereza Rudolfová and Libor Kříž (TAC))
OCR[edit]
- 2017 - 2nd place - Spartan Race Ultra World Championship - first Spartan 24hr World Championship held in Iceland
- 2018 - 1st place - Primal Quest[7] - Expedition OCR World Championship (Pursuit Category), sanctioned by FISO
Corona of the Himalayas[8][edit]
In 2021 - Paloncý, together with Peggy Marvanová, completed "Corona of the Himalayas" project - 14 Everesting challenges on 14 Alpine passes. The name refers to Crown of the Himalaya, when mountaineers climb all 14 8000m peaks. They started the project on April 19, 2021 at Monte Zoncolan and finished on June 22, at Tre Cime di Lavaredo. They fought with cold weather, freezing temperatures and loads of snow. As a result of pandemic restrictions, they finished the project completely unsupported. During the project, research on human metabolism was conducted and they were raising money for neurorehabilition for children with Cerebral palsy.
List of Everestings completed[edit]
| Date | Elevation | Time (h:mm) | Location | Distance (km) | Gradient |
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| April 19, 2021 | 8,891 | 21:47 | Monte Zoncolan | 223 | 8,0% |
| April 23, 2021 | 8,876 | 29:15 | Passo Falzarego/Passo di valparola | 282 | 6,3% |
| April 28, 2021 | 8,888 | 23:05 | Passo Pordoi | 257 | 6,9% |
| May 4, 2021 | 8,876 | 22:38 | Mortirolo Pass | 229 | 7,8% |
| May 9, 2021 | 8,865 | 24:24 | Passo Sella | 244 | 6,8% |
| May 13, 2021 | 11,506 | 21:15 | Mont Ventoux | 262 | 8,8% |
| May 19, 2021 | 8,905 | 20:42 | Col de Vars | 198 | 9,0% |
| May 23, 2021 | 8,860 | 20:15 | Col du Télégraphe | 246 | 7,2% |
| May 28, 2021 | 8,905 | 20:08 | Col de la Madeleine | 226 | 7,9% |
| June 1, 2021 | 8,883 | 23:40 | Col du Galibier | 235 | 7,6% |
| June 7, 2021 | 10,522 | 27:35 | Passo dello Stelvio | 244 | 8,6% |
| June 12, 2021 | 8859 | 25:22 | Passo di Gavia | 215 | 8,2% |
| June 19, 2021 | 9,420 | 25:02 | Passo di Giau | 200 | 9,4% |
| June 22, 2021 | 8,861 | 27:19 | Tre Cime di Lavaredo | 201 | 8.8% |
| Total | 129,117 | 327:09 | Alps | 3262 | 8,0% |
Fastest known times[edit]
Camino de Santiago - November 24, 2009. Paloncý together with Zdeněk Štěpánek reached Santiago de Compostela Cathedral. They started at Hendaye, took the 840km northern route. Total time: 9 days, 10 hours, 30 minutes[9]. FKT at that time.
Volcán San José - March 12, 2016. Paloncý set off from Baños Morales in Cajón del Maipo canyon to the summit of the Volcano at 5856 mts a.s.l and back to Baños Morales in 15 hours and 57 seconds, covering 55 km and over 4100m+[10][11]
Publications[edit]
Pavel has worked as a translator and has translated several books into Czech. The most notable are:
Cyclist's Training Bible by Joe Friel was published in Czech under the name of "Tréninková Bible pro Cyklisty"
Begelman, Mitchell; Rees, Martin. Gravity's Fatal Attraction: Black Holes in the Universe. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108819053 translated into Czech as Osudová přitažlivost gravitace Praha: Argo. ISBN 9788025708064
References[edit]
- ↑ "Pavel Paloncý – dobrodruh a extrémní sportovec" (in čeština). Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ↑ "Pavel Paloncý – dobrodruh a extrémní sportovec" (in čeština). Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ↑ "Beast of Ballyhoura". thebeast.io/. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
- ↑ "Huairasinchi". www.proyectoaventura.com/. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
- ↑ "Pavel Paloncý – dobrodruh a extrémní sportovec" (in čeština). Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ↑ "Spine Race". Spine Race. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ↑ "Primal Quest Adventure Race". primalquest.org. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ↑ "Korona Himálaje". Korona Himálaje. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ↑ "Běžíme do Santiaga". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
- ↑ Palonc. "Pavel Paloncý – FKT Volcán San José – if you can't make it, make it harder" (in čeština). Retrieved 2022-03-07.
- ↑ "Volcán San José FKT". connect.garmin.com. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
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