Veronika Vítková

Veronika Vítková
Personal information
Born	9 December 1988 (age 35); Vrchlabí, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing Czech Republic
Olympic Games
World Championships
Junior World Championships
Youth World Championships

Veronika Vítková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvɛronɪka ˈviːtkovaː]; born on 9 December 1988) is a Czech former 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]

23/4/2020 she announced retirement and her pregnancy.^[5]

Record

Olympic Games

3 medals (1 silver, 2 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass Start	Relay	Mixed Relay
2010 Vancouver	68th	24th	36th	–	16th	—
2014 Sochi	6th	16th	21st	8th	Bronze	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
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	10th	Bronze
2015 Kontiolahti	8th	15th	11th	29th	8th	Gold
2016 Oslo	4th	7th	8th	6th	6th	6th
2017 Hochfilzen	50th	68th	—	—	4th	—
2019 Östersund	13th	38th	16th	17th	15th	6th

World Cup

Podiums

Season	Place	Competition	Placement
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
2014–15	Nové Město na Moravě	Sprint	3rd
2014–15	Holmenkollen	Individual	3rd
2017–18	Oberhof	Sprint	3rd
2017–18	Ruhpolding	Mass Start	3rd
2017–18	Antholz	Sprint	3rd
2017–18	Pyeongchang	Sprint (OG)	3rd

World Cup Relay

Podiums

Season	Place	Competition	Placement
2011–12	Hochfilzen	Mixed Relay	2nd
2012–13	Östersund	Mixed Relay	3rd
2012–13	Ruhpolding	Relay	3rd
2012–13	Nové Město na Moravě	Mixed Relay (WCH)	3rd
2013–14	Östersund	Mixed Relay	1st
2013–14	Sochi	Mixed Relay (OG)	2nd
2014–15	Hochfilzen	Relay	3rd
2014–15	Oberhof	Relay	1st
2014–15	Ruhpolding	Relay	1st
2014–15	Antholz	Relay	2nd
2014–15	Nové Město na Moravě	Mixed Relay	2nd
2014–15	Holmenkollen	Relay	1st
2014–15	Kontiolahti	Mixed Relay (WCH)	1st
2015–16	Östersund	Mixed Relay	3rd
2015–16	Antholz	Relay	2nd
2015–16	Presque Isle	Relay	1st
2018–19	Oberhof	Relay	3rd

World Cup Position

Season	Age	Overall			Sprint			Pursuit			Individual			Mass start
Season	Age	Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position
2007/08	19	4/26	18	59th	3/10	—	—	—	—	—	1/3	18	31st	—	—	—
2008/09	20	14/26	196	36th	7/10	60	44th	3/7	53	37th	2/4	40	33rd	2/5	43	34th
2009/10	21	8/25	53	63rd	4/10	36	56th	2/6	6	71st	2/4	11	62nd	—	—	—
2010/11	22	19/26	139	43rd	9/10	50	46th	6/7	37	45th	3/4	41	35th	1/5	11	50th
2011/12	23	19/26	336	25th	8/10	133	24th	6/8	99	24th	2/3	26	36th	3/5	78	21st
2012/13	24	25/26	511	16th	10/10	159	23rd	7/8	196	15th	3/3	37	27th	5/5	119	17th
2013/14	25	21/22	551	9th	9/9	221	7th	8/8	216	7th	1/2	48	13th	3/3	76	12th
2014/15	26	25/25	793	4th	10/10	347	3rd	7/7	194	9th	3/3	122	3rd	5/5	139	10th
2015/16	27	24/24	703	8th	9/9	238	7th	8/8	217	8th	3/3	106	6th	5/5	142	9th
2016/17	28	21/26	389	25th	8/9	111	28th	7/9	151	22nd	3/3	32	34th	3/5	95	20th
2017/18	29	19/22	545	8th	7/8	245	5th	6/7	149	12th	2/2	58	7th	4/5	93	18th
2018/19	30	21/26	253	30th	9/9	82	34th	7/8	113	27th	3/3	31	36th	2/5	28	34th
2019/20	31	2/21	—	—	1/8	—	—	—	—	—	1/3	—	—	—	—	—

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.
^ "Končím, hlásí Vítková. Zdravotní trable? Kdepak, důvod je radostný" (in Czech). sport.cz. April 23, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

External links

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[1] Biathlon World interview

[2] Prague Monitor Archived January 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

[3] IBU - Mixed Relay Sochi 2014 IBU. Retrieved 6 March 2014

[4] "První medaile pro Česko! Biatlonistka Vítková získala bronz" (in Czech). sport.cz. February 10, 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2018.

[5] "Končím, hlásí Vítková. Zdravotní trable? Kdepak, důvod je radostný" (in Czech). sport.cz. April 23, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

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v t e World champions in biathlon – 4 × 7.5 km mixed relay
4 × 7.5 km	2005: (Olga Pyleva, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Ivan Tcherezov, Nikolay Kruglov Jr.) 2006: (Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, Sergei Tchepikov, Irina Malgina, Nikolay Kruglov Jr.) 2021: (Sturla Holm Lægreid, Johannes Thingnes Bø, Tiril Eckhoff, Marte Olsbu Røiseland)
2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km	2007: (Helena Jonsson, Anna Carin Olofsson, Björn Ferry, Carl Johan Bergman) 2008: (Sabrina Buchholz, Magdalena Neuner, Andreas Birnbacher, Michael Greis) 2009: (Marie-Laure Brunet, Sylvie Becaert, Vincent Defrasne, Simon Fourcade) 2010: (Simone Hauswald, Magdalena Neuner, Simon Schempp, Arnd Peiffer) 2011: (Tora Berger, Ann Kristin Aafedt Flatland, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Tarjei Bø) 2012: (Tora Berger, Synnøve Solemdal, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Emil Hegle Svendsen) 2013: (Tora Berger, Synnøve Solemdal, Tarjei Bø, Emil Hegle Svendsen) 2015: (Veronika Vítková, Gabriela Soukalová, Michal Šlesingr, Ondřej Moravec) 2016: (Anaïs Bescond, Marie Dorin Habert, Quentin Fillon Maillet, Martin Fourcade) 2017: (Vanessa Hinz, Laura Dahlmeier, Arnd Peiffer, Simon Schempp) 2019: (Marte Olsbu Røiseland, Tiril Eckhoff, Johannes Thingnes Bø, Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen)
4 × 6 km	2020: (Marte Olsbu Røiseland, Tiril Eckhoff, Tarjei Bø, Johannes Thingnes Bø) 2023: (Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, Marte Olsbu Røiseland, Sturla Holm Lægreid, Johannes Thingnes Bø) 2024: (Éric Perrot, Quentin Fillon Maillet, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, Julia Simon)