Jan
Zabystran

Alpine Skiing
Downhill
Super-G

Nationality: Czechia
Hometown: Kadan, Czech Republic
Height: 191 cm
Born: 26 January 1998
Turned pro: 2017

Equipment

2 entries · 2 categories

Skis

Kästle

Model not published

Race-stock alpine ski line from Kaestle's Race Department (relaunched 2019)

Downhill
Super-G

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Boots

Kästle

Model not published

Race-stock alpine boot line accompanying Kaestle's Race Department ski program

Alpine Skiing

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Setup verified 7 July 2026

Sources

About

Czech World Cup alpine ski racer from Kadan, racing for LK Chomutov and specializing in super-G and downhill. Made his World Cup debut on 13 January 2017. On 19 December 2025 he won the Val Gardena super-G by 0.22 seconds over Marco Odermatt from bib 29, becoming the first Czech man to win a men's Alpine World Cup race in the discipline's 60-season history, and the first World Cup win for Kaestle skis since Pirmin Zurbriggen in 1990. Going into that race he had only one top-10 finish in his previous 56 World Cup starts, with a prior career-best of 8th in a Norway super-G the season before. He has now competed at three Olympics (2018, 2022 and 2026); at Milano-Cortina 2026 he finished 24th in the downhill (7 February) and 17th in the super-G (11 February). Earlier, at the 2023 Winter Universiade in Lake Placid, he won gold in the super-G and giant slalom and bronze in the combined.

Name is spelled 'Zabystřan' (with caron) in Czech/Wikipedia sources; FIS and this entry use the unaccented 'Zabystran'. Post-win quote (Kaestle blog): 'Two years ago I dreamed maybe one day I could be in the top 30, maybe have a podium... To have my first World Cup win - and for my country - it's something so beautiful.'