Viktória Chladoňová

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| birth_place = Soblahov, Slovakia

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Viktória Chladoňová (born 15 November 2006) is a Slovakian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam {{UCI team code|TVL women}}.{{Cite web |title=Team Visma {{!}} Lease a Bike 2025 |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/team/team-visma-lease-a-bike-women-2025 |access-date=8 March 2025 |website=ProCyclingStats}} She won the cross-country race at the UCI Junior Mountain Bike World Championships and was runner-up in the Junior World Championships time trial in 2024.{{cite web|title= Viktória Chladoňová

|website=Pro cycling stats|accessdate=24 September 2024|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/viktoria-chladonova}}

==Biography==

Viktória Chladoňová was born on 15 November 2006 in the village of Soblahov, in the Trenčín District. She started with cycling at the age of ten. As of 2024 she studies at a high school in Trenčín.{{cite web |title=Viktória Chladoňová |url=https://www.olympic.sk/jot/2024/viktoria-chladonova |website=Slovenský olympijský tím |access-date=26 September 2024 |language=sk}}

Career

In February 2023, she was a bronze medalist in the junior race at the UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships in Tábor.{{cite web|url= https://www.cycling-info.sk/11146-ms-v-cyklokrose-chladonova-ziskala-bronz-medzi-juniorkami |website=cycling.info.sk|accessdate=25 September 2024|title= WC in cyclocross: Chladoňová won bronze among junior women|date=3 February 2024}}{{cite web|date=5 November 2023|url= https://www.olympic.sk/clanok/chladonova-napodobnila-sagana|website=olympic.sk|accessdate=24 September 2024|title= Viktória Chladoňová imitated Peter Sagan|first=Peter |last=Pashto}} That year she also finished in the top ten of the junior cyclo cross race at the 2023 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships.{{cite web|title= WC IN CYCLOCROSS: VIKTÓRIA CHLADOŇOVÁ FOUGHT HER WAY INTO THE TOP 10|url= https://www.cyklistikaszc.sk/sk/cyklokros/spravy/ms-v-cyklokrose-viktoria-chladonova-sa-prebojovala-do-top-10 |website=cyklistikaszc.sk|accessdate=25 September 2024}}

She was the winner of the Nové Mesto World Cup for juniors.{{cite web|title=VIKTÓRIA CHLADOŇOVÁ TRIUMPHED IN THE JUNIOR SERIES RACE IN NOVI MESTO IN MORAVIA|url=https://www.cyklistikaszc.sk/sk/cross-country/spravy/viktoria-chladonova-triumfovala-v-pretekoch-juniorskej-serie-v-novom-meste-na-morave |website=cyklistikascz.sk|accessdate=25 September 2024}} She was the bronze medalist in the junior race at 2024 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. She placed second overall in the Nations Cup event, the 2024 Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie. {{cite web|website=Cycling News|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-road-world-championships-2024/junior-women-road-race/preview/|title= UCI Road World Championships 2024 - Junior Women's Road Race contenders|author=Laura Weislo|accessdate=25 September 2024|date=September 18, 2024}}

In June 2024, she won the Slovak national junior time trial championship and won the junior Slovakian and Czech road race cycling Championships.{{cite web|date=22 June 2024|title= Viktória Chladoňová and Nora Jenčušová won the road race of the Slovak Championship|url= https://www.biker.sk/aktuality/viktoria-chladonova-a-nora-jencusova-zvitazili-v-cestnych-pretekoch-majstrovstiev-slovenska/ |website=Biker.sk|accessdate=25 September 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.biker.sk/128805/viktoria-chladonova-je-prvou-juniorkou-v-historii-ktora-vyhrala-spolocne-majstrovstva-slovenska-a-ceska/ |website=biker.sk|date=22 June 2024|title= Viktória Chladoňová is the first junior in history to win the joint Slovak and Czech Championships|access-date=25 September 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://www.teraz.sk/sport/zensky-titul-ma-jencusova-juniork/803834-clanok.html |website=Teraz.sk|accessdate=25 September 2024|title= The women's title is held by Jenčušová, junior Chladoňová is first at the finish line|date=22 June 2024}} She won the junior cross country race at the 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Andorra in August 2024.{{cite web|url= https://www.exisport.eu/smartblog/529_a-new-star-of-the-slovak-cyclist-is-emerging-.html|website=exisport.eu|accessdate=24 September 2024|title= A new star of the Slovak cyclist is emerging - Viktória Chladoňová|date=20 September 2024}}

In September 2024, she finished third in the junior time trial at the 2024 European Road Championships in Limburg, Belgium, and she was runner-up in the junior time trial at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich.{{ cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-road-world-championships-2024/junior-women-individual-time-trial/results/|website=Cycling News|date=24 September 2024|accessdate=24 September 2024|title= UCI World Championships: British rising star Cat Ferguson wins junior women's time trial|first= Alasdair |last=Fotheringham}} That month, she signed with UCI Women's WorldTeam {{UCI team code|JVW}}, signing a contract until 2027.{{cite web|url= https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/visma-lease-a-bike-women-sign-top-young-talents-imogen-wolff-and-viktoria-chladonova-until-2027/ |website=Cycling News|accessdate=25 September 2024|title= Visma-Lease a Bike Women sign top young talents Imogen Wolff and Viktória Chladonová until 2027|first= James |last=Moultrie|date= September 7, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.teamvismaleaseabike.com/news/news/team-visma-lease-a-bike-women-welcomes-young-talents-wolff-and-chladanov%C3%A1/|website= teamvismaleaseabike.com|title= Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women welcomes young talents Wolff and Chladoňová|date=7 September 2024}}