Veronika Vítková

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Veronika Vítková
Veronika Vítková - IBU World Championships Biathlon 2013 - Nové Město na Moravě - Women 12,5 km Mass Start.JPG
Born (1988-12-09) 9 December 1988 (age 35)
Vrchlabí
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) (5' 5)
World Cup career
Individual wins 1
Indiv. podiums 7
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing  Czech Republic
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi Mixed relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kontiolahti Mixed relay
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Nové Město Mixed relay

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 and 2014 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]

Record

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Olympic Games

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay Mixed Relay
Canada 2010 Vancouver 68th 24th 36th – 16th N/A
Russia 2014 Sochi 6th 16th 21st 9th 4th Silver

World Cup

Podiums

Season Place Competition Placement
2012–13 Germany Oberhof Pursuit 2nd
2013–14 Austria Hochfilzen Sprint 2nd
2013–14 Germany Ruhpolding Individual 3rd
2014–15 Sweden Östersund Sprint 2nd
2014–15 Germany Oberhof Sprint 1st
2014–15 Germany Oberhof Mass Start 2nd
2014–15 Germany Ruhpolding Mass Start 3rd

References

  1. ↑ Biathlon World interview
  2. ↑ Prague Monitor
  3. ↑ IBU - Mixed Relay Sochi 2014 IBU. Retrieved 6 March 2014
  4. ↑ International Biathlon Union – Veronika Vítková

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