Tomáš Mikyska
{{Short description|Czech biathlete (born 2000)}}
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| name = Tomáš Mikyska
| image = Biathlon World Championships 2024 - 1695.jpg
| caption = Mikyska in 2024
| nationality = Czech
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|02|02|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ústí nad Orlicí, Czech Republic
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| country = Czech Republic
| sport = Biathlon
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{{MedalSport|Men's biathlon}}
{{MedalCountry| {{Flagu|Czech Republic}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Junior World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2021 Obertilliach|4 × 7.5 km relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|Youth World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Otepää|3 × 7.5 km relay}}
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Tomáš Mikyska (born 2 February 2000) is a Czech biathlete. He made his debut in the Biathlon World Cup in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.realbiathlon.com/athletes.html?ibuId=BTCZE10202200001|title=Tomáš Mikyska|website=www.realbiathlon.com}}
Career
He made his first international appearance on 4 February 2017 in Nové Město na Moravě, where he finished 36th in the sprint at the IBU Junior Cup. At the Youth World Championships held a year later in Otepää, he won the silver medal in the relay.{{Cite web|url=https://www.biathlonworld.com/results/BT1718JWRLCH__YMRL|title=International Biathlon Union – Race results for Y.Men 3x7.5 km Relay at Tehvandi Sport Center|website=International Biathlon Union – IBU}} He competed four more times at events in this series, including winning a bronze medal in the relay at the 2021 Biathlon Junior World Championships in Obertilliach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.biatlon.cz/2021/03/06/paradni-predstaveni-ceskych-junioru-ve-stafetach-msj-domu-se-vrati-s-bronzem/|title=Parádní představení českých juniorů ve štafetách MSJ. Domů se vrátí s bronzem!|first=Tomáš|last=Hermann|date=March 6, 2021}}
He made his World Cup competition debut on 29 November 2020 in Kontiolahti, finishing 60th in the sprint. He scored his first World Cup points two years later at the same venue, when he finished 32nd in the pursuit race.
His best individual result is 10th place in the individual race at the 2024 World Championships in Nové Město na Moravě.{{Cite web|url=https://sport.aktualne.cz/biatlon/necekany-hrdina-ceskeho-biatlonu-mikyska-zajel-na-domacim-ms/r~bbd7ff54cb6111eebd640cc47ab5f122/|title=Nečekaný hrdina českého biatlonu. Mikyska zajel na domácím MS životní závod | Aktuálně.cz|date=February 14, 2024|website=Aktuálně.cz – Víte, co se právě děje}}
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
=World Championships=
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| align=left |{{flagicon|GER}} 2023 Oberhof
| 14th | 60th | 31st | 14th | 4th | 5th |
| align=left |{{flagicon|CZE}} 2024 Nové Město
| 10th | 33rd | 27th | 26th | 7th | 14th |
| align=left |{{flagicon|SUI}} 2025 Lenzerheide
| 63rd | — | — | — | 6th | — |
= World Cup =
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! colspan="1" rowspan="2" color:white; width:115px;"| Season ! colspan="3" color:white; width:115px;"| Overall ! colspan="2" color:white; width:115px;"| Individual ! colspan="2" color:white; width:115px;"| Sprint ! colspan="2" color:white; width:115px;"| Pursuit ! colspan="2" color:white; width:115px;"| Mass start | |||||||||||
| style="width:55px;"| Races
! style="width:55px;"| Points ! style="width:55px;"| Position ! style="width:55px;"| Points ! style="width:55px;"| Position ! style="width:55px;"| Points ! style="width:55px;"| Position ! style="width:55px;"| Points ! style="width:55px;"| Position ! style="width:55px;"| Points ! style="width:55px;"| Position | |||||||||||
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| |2021–22 | 2/26 | colspan=10 rowspan=1 align=center |Didn't earn World Cup points | |||||||||
| |2022–23 | 13/21 | 67 | 52nd | — | — | 20 | 55th | 47 | 38th | — | — |
| |2023–24 | 3/21 | 1 | 94th | — | — | 1 | 78th | — | — | — | — |
=Youth and Junior World Championships=
2 medals (1 silver, 1 bronze)
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! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:160px;"|Year ! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;"| Age ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| Individual ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| Sprint ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| Pursuit ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| Relay |
| align=left |{{flagicon|SVK}} 2017 Brezno-Osrblie
| 16 | 32nd | 36th | 31st | 8th |
| align=left |{{flagicon|EST}} 2018 Otepää
| 17 | — | 49th | 43th | style="background:silver"| Silver |
| align=left |{{flagicon|SVK}} 2019 Brezno-Osrblie
| 18 | 17th | 5th | 9th | 6th |
| align=left |{{flagicon|SUI}} 2020 Lenzerheide
| 19 | 53rd | 21st | 19th | 6th |
| align=left |{{flagicon|AUT}} 2021 Obertilliach
| 20 | 20th | 12th | 10th | style="background:#cfaa88;"|Bronze |
| align=left |{{flagicon|USA}} 2022 Soldier Hollow
| 21 | 11th | 18th | 8th | 4th |
References
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