Michal Smola, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Michal Smola

Czech orienteerist

Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1981

Place of Birth: Zlín, Zlín Region, Czech Republic

Profession: orienteer

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Michal Smola (born (1981-12-21) December 21, 1981) is a Czech orienteering competitor, silver medalist from the world championships, and junior world champion.
He became Junior World Champion in the short distance in Nove Mesto na Morave in 2000, and with the Czech team in relay in 2000 and in 2001.
His best achievement by September 2009 is silver medal in the middle distance at the 2008 World Orienteering Championship in Olomouc. Smola was born in Zlín, a city of 80,000 people in the Czech Republic.
At the age of 12, he joined the local orienteering club SKOB Zlín where he was trained by Jiri Stacke until 1999.
In 1995, age 14, Michal gained his first orienteering title in the national championship (short distance, category under 16 years old).
In 1998, he won his first international competition, European Youth Championships in Hungary in the under 18 years old category.