Veronika Vítková
Veronika Vítková | |
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Born | Vrchlabí, Czechoslovakia | 9 December 1988
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) |
World Cup career | |
Podiums | 9 |
Wins | 1 |
Medal record |
Veronika Vítková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvɛronɪka ˈviːtkovaː]; born on 9 December 1988) is a Czech biathlete. She comes from a family of skiers and switched from cross-country to biathlon at age 10.[1] She competed for the Czech Republic at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics.[2] At the 2014 Winter Olympics, together with Ondřej Moravec, Jaroslav Soukup and Gabriela Soukalová, she won a silver medal in the Mixed relay.[3] At the 2018 Winter Olympics she won the bronze medal in the 7.5 km sprint event.[4]
Record
Olympic Games
2 medals (1 silver, 1 bronze)
Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass Start | Relay | Mixed Relay |
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2010 Vancouver | 68th | 24th | 36th | – | 16th | — |
2014 Sochi | 6th | 16th | 21st | 9th | 4th | Silver |
2018 Pyeongchang | 18th | Bronze | 7th | 14th | 12th | 8th |
World Championships
2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)
Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay |
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2008 Östersund | 14th | 57th | DNS | — | 16th | 12th |
2009 Pyeongchang | 5th | 18th | 10th | 12th | 10th | — |
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk | 8th | 55th | 34th | 30th | 11th | 11th |
2012 Ruhpolding | 15th | 25th | 18th | 14th | 10th | 8th |
2013 Nové Město | 14th | 10th | 8th | 19th | 10st | Bronze |
2015 Kontiolahti | 8th | 15th | 11th | 29th | 10th | Gold |
2016 Oslo | 4th | 7th | 8th | 6th | 6th | 6th |
2017 Hochfilzen | 50th | 68th | — | — | 4th | — |
World Cup
Podiums
Season | Place | Competition | Placement |
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2012–13 | Oberhof | Pursuit | 2nd |
2013–14 | Hochfilzen | Sprint | 2nd |
2013–14 | Ruhpolding | Individual | 3rd |
2014–15 | Östersund | Sprint | 2nd |
2014–15 | Oberhof | Sprint | 1st |
2014–15 | Oberhof | Mass Start | 2nd |
2014–15 | Ruhpolding | Mass Start | 3rd |
2017–18 | Oberhof | Sprint | 3rd |
2017–18 | Ruhpolding | Mass Start | 3rd |
2017–18 | Antholz | Sprint | 3rd |
References
- ^ Biathlon World interview
- ^ Prague Monitor Archived January 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ IBU - Mixed Relay Sochi 2014 IBU. Retrieved 6 March 2014
- ^ "První medaile pro Česko! Biatlonistka Vítková získala bronz" (in Czech). sport.cz. February 10, 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
- ^ International Biathlon Union – Veronika Vítková
External links
Categories:
- 1988 births
- Living people
- People from Vrchlabí
- Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Czech female biathletes
- Olympic biathletes of the Czech Republic
- Biathlon World Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the Czech Republic
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Czech Republic
- Olympic medalists in biathlon
- European biathlon biography stubs
- Czech winter sports biography stubs