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Czech Republic At The 2014 Winter Olympics
Czech Republic competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. A team of 83 athletes in 11 sports competed for the country. Medalists Alpine skiing Czech Republic qualified for the following events: ;Men ;Women Biathlon Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Czech Republic qualified 5 men and 5 women. ;Men ;Women 1The medal was reallocated after the disqualification of the Russian team for doping. ;Mixed Bobsleigh Czech Republic qualified a four-man sled in bobsleigh. The qualification was based on the world rankings as of 20 January 2014. * – Denotes the driver of each sled Cross-country skiing According to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Czech Republic qualified a total quota of 10 athletes in the following events. ;Distance ;Men ;Women ;Sprint Figure skating Czech Republic achieved the following quota places: Freestyle skiing Czech Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Olympic Committee
The Czech Olympic Committee ( cs, Český olympijský výbor) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) representing the Czech Republic. History The Czech Olympic Committee is one of the oldest NOCs in the world, having been founded in 1899 as Bohemian Committee for the Olympic Games ( cs, Český výbor pro hry olympijské). It was transformed into the Czechoslovak Olympic Committee in 1919 and reconstituted under its original name in 1992, being formally recognized by the IOC again in 1993. Presidents The Czech Olympic Committee has had the following presidents: Executive committee * President: Jiří Kejval * Vice Presidents: Roman Kumpost, Zdenek Hanik, Filip Suman, Libor Varhanik * Secretary General: Petr Graclik Member federations The Czech National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their sports. There are currently 34 Olympic Summer and 8 Winter S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speed Skating At The 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 Metres
The women's 5000 metres speed skating competition of the 2014 Sochi Olympics was held at Adler Arena Skating Center on 19 February 2014. Qualification A total of sixteen speed skaters could qualify for this distance, with a maximum of three skaters per country. The top 10 of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 3000 and 5000 metres standings after the fourth World Cup race in Berlin secured a spot for their country. Then the additional six spots were awarded based on a time ranking of the World Cup 5000 metres race in Astana. A reserve list was also made. By virtue of Ivanie Blondin's top eight classification at the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 5000 metres in the pre-olympic season, Canada was given a wildcard at the expense of number 16 Mari Hemmer (who would have secured Norway a second spot). Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. At the 2013 World Single Distance S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biathlon At The 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's Relay
The Women's 4 x 6 kilometre relay biathlon competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex on 21 February 2014. Summary Ukraine won their first ever gold Olympic medal in biathlon (and the second gold winter Olympic medal, the first one since 1994 (won by Oksana Baiul), ahead of Russia, the defending champion, and Norway. It also became the fourth nation — after France, Russia, and Germany — to ever win the Olympic gold medal in women's biathlon relay. For the first time Germany failed to reach the podium in Olympic women's relay. Franziska Preuß, who was running the first leg, fell and broke a pole. After that, Germany was never in the medal contention. Marie-Laure Brunet, running the first leg for France, collapsed, so France did not finish. On 27 November 2017, the IOC disqualified Olga Vilukhina and Yana Romanova for doping violations and stripped Russia of the silver medal. Fellow teammate Olga Zaitseva was sanctioned on 1 December 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jitka Landová
Jitka Landová (born 20 July 1990 in Jablonec nad Nisou) is a former Czech biathlete, AND a double Winter Universiade winner in the mass start competition. She competed at the Biathlon World Championships 2012 in Ruhpolding and at the Biathlon World Championships 2013 in Nové Město na Moravě. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Her best result here was 3rd place in relay, shared with her Czech teammates Eva Puskarčíková, Gabriela Soukalová and Veronika Vítková Veronika Vítková (; 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. She competed for the Czech Republic at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics. A .... Apart from that, she also competed in sprint, pursuit and individual. References 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Jablonec nad Nisou Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Czech female biathletes Olympic biathletes for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Puskarčíková
Eva Puskarčíková (, born 3 January 1991) is a former Czech biathlete. Career Her best result in the Biathlon World Cup is 3rd place in the pursuit in the 2016–17 season. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Her best result here was 3th place in relay, shared with her Czech teammates Gabriela Soukalová, Jitka Landová and Veronika Vítková Veronika Vítková (; 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. She competed for the Czech Republic at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics. A .... Apart from that, she also competed in sprint, pursuit and individual. On 17 March 2022 Puskarčíková announced on her social media end of career. Record Olympic Games 1 medals (1 bronze)'' World Championships ''1 medal (1 bronze)'' Personal life In 2019–2020, she was married to former Czech biathlete and competed under name Eva Kristejn Puskarčíková. Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biathlon At The 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's Mass Start ...
The men's mass start competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex. The race was initially scheduled for the evening of 16 February 2014, but it was rescheduled for the following morning due to poor visibility conditions. However, fog caused two additional delays on 17 February 2014, so the race was not run until the afternoon of 18 February. Results The race started at 14:30. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics - Men's mass start Mass start {{refimprove, date=February 2018 Mass start is a format of starting in some racing sports such as long-distance running in sport of athletics, speed skating, long-distance cross-country skiing and biathlon. There are usually many competitors in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biathlon At The 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's Sprint
The men's sprint competition of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex on 8 February 2014. It was 10 kilometres in length (6.2 miles). The defending Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint, Olympic Champion was Vincent Jay of France, who has retired since the previous Olympics. The defending Biathlon World Championships 2013 – Men's sprint, World Champion is Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway. Qualification Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the Nation Cup scores of their top 3 athletes in the individual, sprint, and relay competitions at the Biathlon World Championships 2012, 2012 World Championships in Ruhpolding, Germany, and the Biathlon World Championships 2013, 2013 World Championships in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic. The top 20 nations would be able to start four athletes in the sprint, while nations 21 through 28 could start one each. Nations below 28 could only start if any nation d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biathlon At The 2014 Winter Olympics – Mixed Relay
The mixed relay competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex on 19 February 2014. Results The race was started at 18:30. On 27 November 2017, IOC disqualified Olga Vilukhina for doping violations. On 19 May 2022, the IOC reallocated the standings due to the disqualification of the Russian team.https://olympics.com/ioc/news/events-from-sochi-2014-and-tokyo-2020-to-have-medals-and-diplomas-reallocated References {{DEFAULTSORT:Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics - Mixed relay Mixed relay Mixed events at the 2014 Winter Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veronika Vítková
Veronika Vítková (; 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. She competed for the Czech Republic at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, together with Ondřej Moravec, Jaroslav Soukup and Gabriela Soukalová, she won a silver medal in the Mixed relay. At the 2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ... she won the bronze medal in the 7.5 km sprint event. 23/4/2020 she announced retirement and her pregnancy. Record Olympic Games 3 medals (1 silver, 2 bronze)'' World Championships 2 medals (1 gold, 1 bronze) World Cup Podiums World Cup Relay Podiums World Cup Position References External links *Internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaroslav Soukup
Jaroslav Soukup (, born 12 July 1982) is a retired Czech biathlon, biathlete. Career His first World Cup podium was in Östersund at the pursuit competition on 4 December 2011. Soukup won a bronze medal in Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint, biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint, sprint and a silver medal in the Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Mixed relay, Mixed relay (together with Ondřej Moravec, Gabriela Soukalová and Veronika Vítková). Olympic Games World Championships ''2 medals (2 bronze)'' References External links * 1982 births Living people Czech male biathletes Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes for the Czech Republic Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic silver medalists for the Czech Republic Olympic bronze medalists for the Czech R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriela Soukalová
Gabriela Soukalová, formerly Koukalová () (born 1 November 1989 in Jablonec nad Nisou, Czechoslovakia) is a former Czech biathlete and television presenter for TV Prima. She won three Olympic medals at the 2014 Sochi Games and she is a two-time World Championship winner, gold medalist at the 2015 Kontiolahti in mixed relay and gold medalist at 2017 Hochfilzen in 7.5 km sprint. In the 2015/2016 World Cup season she was overall champion, and she has also taken six discipline Crystal Globes: the 2013/2014 individual title, the 2015/2016 sprint, pursuit and mass-start titles, and the 2016/17 sprint and mass start titles. Career Soukalová began her biathlon career in 2005. In 2007 Soukalová became a member of the national team, and in 2008 she took part in the Biathlon Junior World Championship. Her first experience at the international level was not very good: Soukalová's shooting accuracy and ski speed were at that time not as strong as many of her peers, and her best resu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biathlon At The 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's Mass Start ...
The Women's 12.5 kilometre mass start biathlon competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex on 17 February 2014. Results The race was started at 19:00. On 27 November 2017, IOC disqualified Olga Vilukhina for doping violations. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics - Women's mass start Mass start {{refimprove, date=February 2018 Mass start is a format of starting in some racing sports such as long-distance running in sport of athletics, speed skating, long-distance cross-country skiing and biathlon. There are usually many competitors in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
