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Veronika Vítková

{{Short description|Czech biathlete (born 1988)}}

{{Infobox biathlete

| name = Veronika Vítková

| image = Biathlon World Cup 2015 Nové Město – women sprint 3 crop.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|12|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Vrchlabí, Czechoslovakia

| height = 1.66 m

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{{MedalSport|Women's biathlon}}

{{MedalCountry|{{CZE}}}}

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{Medal|Silver|2014 Sochi|Mixed relay}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Sochi|4 x 6 km relay}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2018 Pyeongchang|7.5 km sprint}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Kontiolahti|Mixed relay}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 Nové Město|Mixed relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|Junior World Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2009 Canmore|3 × 6 km relay}}

{{Medal|Silver|2008 Ruhpolding|10 km pursuit}}

{{Medal|Silver|2009 Canmore|10 km pursuit}}

{{MedalCompetition|Youth World Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2006 Presque Isle|10 km individual}}

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Veronika Vítková ({{IPA|cs|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.[https://archive.today/20120721084713/http://www.biathlonworld3.de/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=454 Biathlon World interview] She competed for the Czech Republic at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics.[http://praguemonitor.com/2010/01/22/eighty-eight-czechs-compete-vancouver-olympics Prague Monitor] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128061102/http://praguemonitor.com/2010/01/22/eighty-eight-czechs-compete-vancouver-olympics |date=January 28, 2010 }} At the 2014 Winter Olympics, together with Ondřej Moravec, Jaroslav Soukup and Gabriela Soukalová, she won a silver medal in the Mixed relay.[http://services.biathlonresults.com/Results.aspx?RaceId=BT1314SWRLOG__MXRL IBU - Mixed Relay Sochi 2014] IBU. Retrieved 6 March 2014 At the 2018 Winter Olympics she won the bronze medal in the 7.5 km sprint event.{{cite web|title=První medaile pro Česko! Biatlonistka Vítková získala bronz|url=https://www.sport.cz/zoh/biatlon/clanek/960055-prvni-medaile-pro-cesko-biatlonistka-vitkova-ziskala-bronz.html|publisher=sport.cz|access-date=February 10, 2018|date=February 10, 2018|language=cs}}

23/4/2020 she announced retirement and her pregnancy.{{cite web|title=Končím, hlásí Vítková. Zdravotní trable? Kdepak, důvod je radostný|url=https://www.sport.cz/ostatni/biatlon/clanek/1360200-koncim-hlasi-vitkova-zdravotni-trable-kdepak-duvod-je-radostny.html|publisher=sport.cz|access-date=February 22, 2021|date=April 23, 2020|language=cs}}

Record

=Olympic Games=

3 medals (1 silver, 2 bronze)''

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!Event

!style="width:70px;"|Individual

!style="width:70px;"|Sprint

!style="width:70px;"|Pursuit

!style="width:70px;"|Mass Start

!style="width:70px;"|Relay

!style="width:70px;"|Mixed Relay

align=left |{{flagicon|CAN}} 2010 Vancouver

| 68th

| 24th

| 36th

| –

| 16th

|{{N/A}}

align=left |{{flagicon|RUS}} 2014 Sochi

| 6th

| 16th

| 21st

| 8th

| style="background:#cfaa88;"|Bronze

| style="background:silver;"| Silver

align=left |{{flagicon|South Korea}} 2018 Pyeongchang

| 18th

| style="background:#cfaa88;"|Bronze

| 7th

| 14th

| 12th

| 8th

=World Championships=

2 medals (1 gold, 1 bronze)

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!style="width:190px;"|Event

!style="width:70px;"|Individual

!style="width:70px;"|Sprint

!style="width:70px;"|Pursuit

!style="width:70px;"|Mass start

!style="width:70px;"|Relay

!style="width:70px;"|Mixed relay

align=left |{{flagicon|SWE}} 2008 Östersund

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 14th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 57th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| DNS

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| —

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 16th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 12th

align=left |{{flagicon|KOR}} 2009 Pyeongchang

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 5th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 18th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 10th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 12th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 10th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| —

align=left |{{flagicon|RUS}} 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 8th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 55th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 34th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 30th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 11th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 11th

align=left |{{flagicon|GER}} 2012 Ruhpolding

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 15th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 25th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 18th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 14th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 10th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 8th

align=left |{{flagicon|CZE}} 2013 Nové Město

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 14th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 10th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 8th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 19th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 10th

| style="background:#cfaa88;"| Bronze

align=left |{{flagicon|FIN}} 2015 Kontiolahti

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 8th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 15th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 11th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 29th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 8th

| style="background:gold; width:70px;"|Gold

align=left |{{flagicon|NOR}} 2016 Oslo

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 4th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 7th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 8th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 6th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 6th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 6th

align=left |{{flagicon|AUT}} 2017 Hochfilzen

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 50th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 68th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| —

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| —

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 4th

| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| —

align=left |{{flagicon|SWE}} 2019 Östersund

| 13th

| 38th

| 16th

| 17th

| 15th

| 6th

=World Cup=

==Podiums==

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SeasonPlaceCompetitionPlacement
2012–13{{flagicon|GER}} OberhofPursuitbgcolor="silver"| 2nd
2013–14{{flagicon|AUT}} HochfilzenSprintbgcolor=silver| 2nd
2013–14{{flagicon|GER}} RuhpoldingIndividualbgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
2014–15{{flagicon|SWE}} ÖstersundSprintbgcolor="silver"| 2nd
2014–15{{flagicon|GER}} OberhofSprintbgcolor="gold"| 1st
2014–15{{flagicon|GER}} OberhofMass Startbgcolor="silver"| 2nd
2014–15{{flagicon|GER}} RuhpoldingMass Startbgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
2014–15{{flagicon|CZE}} Nové Město na MoravěSprintbgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
2014–15{{flagicon|NOR}} HolmenkollenIndividualbgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
2017–18{{flagicon|GER}} OberhofSprintbgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
2017–18{{flagicon|GER}} RuhpoldingMass Startbgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
2017–18{{flagicon|ITA}} AntholzSprintbgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
2017–18{{flagicon|KOR}} PyeongchangSprint (OG)bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd

=World Cup Relay=

==Podiums==

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SeasonPlaceCompetitionPlacement
2011–12{{flagicon|AUT}} HochfilzenMixed Relaybgcolor="silver"| 2nd
2012–13{{flagicon|SWE}} ÖstersundMixed Relaybgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
2012–13{{flagicon|GER}} RuhpoldingRelaybgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
2012–13{{flagicon|CZE}} Nové Město na MoravěMixed Relay (WCH)bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
2013–14{{flagicon|SWE}} ÖstersundMixed Relaybgcolor="gold"| 1st
2013–14{{flagicon|RUS}} SochiMixed Relay (OG)bgcolor="silver"| 2nd
2014–15{{flagicon|AUT}} HochfilzenRelaybgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
2014–15{{flagicon|GER}} OberhofRelaybgcolor="gold"| 1st
2014–15{{flagicon|GER}} RuhpoldingRelaybgcolor="gold"| 1st
2014–15{{flagicon|ITA}} AntholzRelaybgcolor="silver"| 2nd
2014–15{{flagicon|CZE}} Nové Město na MoravěMixed Relaybgcolor="silver"| 2nd
2014–15{{flagicon|NOR}} HolmenkollenRelaybgcolor="gold"| 1st
2014–15{{flagicon|FIN}} KontiolahtiMixed Relay (WCH)bgcolor="gold"| 1st
2015–16{{flagicon|SWE}} ÖstersundMixed Relaybgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
2015–16{{flagicon|ITA}} AntholzRelaybgcolor="silver"| 2nd
2015–16{{flagicon|USA}} Presque IsleRelaybgcolor="gold"| 1st
2018–19{{flagicon|GER}} OberhofRelaybgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd

=World Cup Position=

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! rowspan="2" style="width:4%;"| Season

! rowspan="2" style="width:4%;"| Age

! colspan="3" | Overall

! colspan="3" | Sprint

! colspan="3" | Pursuit

! colspan="3" | Individual

! colspan="3" | Mass start

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|2007/08194/261859th3/10—————1/31831st———
|2008/092014/2619636th7/106044th3/75337th2/44033rd2/54334th
|2009/10218/255363rd4/103656th2/6671st2/41162nd———
|2010/112219/2613943rd9/105046th6/73745th3/44135th1/51150th
|2011/122319/2633625th8/1013324th6/89924th2/32636th3/57821st
|2012/132425/2651116th10/1015923rd7/819615th3/33727th5/511917th
|2013/142521/225519th9/92217th8/82167th1/24813th3/37612th
|2014/152625/257934th10/10347style="background:#cfaa88;"|3rd7/71949th3/3122style="background:#cfaa88;"|3rd5/513910th
|2015/162724/247038th9/92387th8/82178th3/31066th5/51429th
|2016/172821/2638925th8/911128th7/915122nd3/33234th3/59520th
|2017/182919/225458th7/82455th6/714912th2/2587th4/59318th
|2018/193021/2625330th9/98234th7/811327th3/33136th2/52834th
|2019/20312/21——1/8—————1/3—————

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{official website|http://www.veronikavitkova.cz/}}
  • [http://services.biathlonresults.com/athletes.aspx?IbuId=BTCZE20912198801 International Biathlon Union – Veronika Vítková]

{{Footer World Champions Biathlon Relay Mixed}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vitkova, Veronika}}

Category:1988 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Vrchlabí

Category:Skiers from the Hradec Králové Region

Category:Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Category:Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Category:Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Category:Czech female biathletes

Category:Olympic biathletes for the Czech Republic

Category:Biathlon World Championships medalists

Category:Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Category:Olympic silver medalists for the Czech Republic

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Czech Republic

Category:Olympic medalists in biathlon

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