# František Pitoňák

František Pitoňák (born 3 June 1973 in Rakúsy, Kežmarok District, Slovakia) is a Slovak male curler and curling coach.
As a coach of Slovak wheelchair curling team he participated in 2014 and 2018 Winter Paralympics.

## Teams
### Men's

| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
| 2005–06 | Milan Kajan | František Pitoňák | Radomir Vozar | Boris Kutka | | | |
| 2006–07 | František Pitoňák | Boris Kutka | Milan Kajan | Rene Petko | Karel Pospichal | | ECC 2006 (19th) |
| 2007–08 | Pavol Pitoňák | František Pitoňák | Tomáš Pitoňák | Peter Pitoňák | Milan Kalis | Gerry "Soupy" Campbell | ECC 2007 (17th) |
| 2008–09 | Pavol Pitoňák | František Pitoňák | Tomáš Pitoňák | Peter Pitoňák | Stefan Turna | Gerry "Soupy" Campbell | ECC 2008 (21st) |
| 2009–10 | Pavol Pitoňák | František Pitoňák | Tomáš Pitoňák | Peter Pitoňák | Stefan Turna | Gerry "Soupy" Campbell | ECC 2009 (28th) |
| 2010–11 | Pavol Pitoňák | František Pitoňák | Tomáš Pitoňák | Peter Pitoňák | | Gerry "Soupy" Campbell | ECC 2010 (14th) |
| 2011–12 | Pavol Pitoňák | František Pitoňák | Tomáš Pitoňák | Peter Pitoňák | Milan Kajan | Gerry "Soupy" Campbell | ECC 2011 (24th) |
| 2012–13 | Pavol Pitoňák | František Pitoňák | Tomáš Pitoňák | Peter Pitoňák | Rene Petko | Gerry "Soupy" Campbell | ECC 2012 (23rd) |
| 2014–15 | Pavol Pitoňák | František Pitoňák | Tomáš Pitoňák | Peter Pitoňák | Juraj Gallo | | ECC 2014 (28th) |
| 2015–16 | David Misun (fourth) | Patrik Kapralik | Juraj Gallo (skip) | Jakub Polak | František Pitoňák | Marina Gallova | ECC 2015 (19th) |
| 2017–18 | David Misun (fourth) | Patrik Kapralik | Juraj Gallo (skip) | Jakub Polak | František Pitoňák | Alan Mitchell | ECC 2017 (10th) |
| 2018–19 | Pavol Pitoňák | František Pitoňák | Tomáš Pitoňák | Peter Pitoňák | | | ECC 2018 (22nd) |
| 2019–20 | Pavol Pitoňák | František Pitoňák | Tomáš Pitoňák | Peter Pitoňák | | | ECC 2019 (25th) |

### Mixed

| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Coach | Events |
| 2012–13 | Pavol Pitoňák | Gabriela Kajanová | František Pitoňák | Petra Pitoňáková | | EMxCC 2012 (9th) |
| 2013–14 | Pavol Pitoňák | Daniela Matulová | František Pitoňák | Zuzana Axamitová | Vladimira Pitoňáková | EMxCC 2013 (8th) |

### Mixed doubles

| Season | Male | Female | Coach | Events |
| 2010–11 | František Pitoňák | Petra Pitoňáková | Klaudia Repaciková | WMDCC 2011 (15th) |

## Record as a coach of national teams

| Year | Tournament, event | National team | Place |
| 2006 | 2006 European Junior Curling Challenge | Slovakia (junior men) | 11 |
| 2008 | 2008 European Junior Curling Challenge | Slovakia (junior women) | 8 |
| 2009 | 2008 European Junior Curling Challenge | Slovakia (junior women) | 9 |
| 2010 | 2010 World Wheelchair Curling Qualification | Slovakia (wheelchair) | 6 |
| 2011 | 2012 World Wheelchair Curling Qualification | Slovakia (wheelchair) | |
| 2012 | 2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship | Slovakia (wheelchair) | 4 |
| 2013 | 2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship | Slovakia (wheelchair) | 7 |
| 2014 | 2014 Winter Paralympics | Slovakia (wheelchair) | 6 |
| 2015 | 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship | Slovakia (wheelchair) | 4 |
| 2015 | 2015 European Curling Championships (C Division) | Slovakia (men) | |
| 2016 | 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship | Slovakia (wheelchair) | 9 |
| 2016 | 2016 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship | Slovakia (wheelchair) | |
| 2018 | 2018 Winter Paralympics | Slovakia (wheelchair) | 9 |
| 2019 | 2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship | Slovakia (wheelchair) | 6 |
| 2020 | 2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship | Slovakia (wheelchair) | 8 |
| 2021 | 2021 World Wheelchair Curling Championship | Slovakia (wheelchair) | 10 |
| 2022 | 2022 Winter Paralympics | Slovakia (wheelchair) | 4 |

## Personal life

He is from big family of curlers: three of his brothers (Pavol, Tomáš and Peter) are František's teammates, they played together many times on European championships and other international curling tournaments; one more his brother Dušan played wheelchair curling (František coaches their wheelchair team on Worlds and Winter Paralympics); other family members also are curlers or coaches.