Ladislav Rygl Jr. (born 15 May 1976 in

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) is a

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skier who competed from 1995 to 2006. Competing in three

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, he had his best overall finish of eighth in the 4 x 5 km team event at Nagano in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

and his best individual finish of 17th in the 7.5 km sprint event at

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2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

. Rygl's best finish at the

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was sixth in the 15 km individual event at

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. He earned three World Cup victories, one in a 7.5 km sprint and the others in the 15 km individual events in 1999 and 2000. In total he had 13 world cup podium finishes. Rygl is the son of Ladislav Rygl Sr., winner of the Nordic combined event at the

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Nordic combined team Olympic results: 1988-2002
* 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Vrchlabí Skiers from the Hradec Králové Region Olympic Nordic combined skiers for the Czech Republic Nordic combined skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Czech male Nordic combined skiers 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{Nordic-skiing-bio-stub