Dušan Šimočko (born 29 September 1983) is a Slovak biathlete.

Life and career

He has represented Slovakia at

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and

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, achieving 18th place at Men's 20 kilometres event at 2010 Olympics. He debuted in the

Biathlon World Cup The Biathlon World Cup is a top-level biathlon season-long competition series. It has been held since the winter seasons of 1977–78 Biathlon World Cup, 1977–78 for men and 1982–83 Biathlon World Cup, 1982–83 for women. The women's seasons ...

in 2002–03 season in

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. His best World Cup overall finish was 63rd in the 2009–10 season.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

World Championships

:''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.''

Junior World Championships

References

External links

* 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Banská Bystrica Slovak male biathletes Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes for Slovakia {{Slovakia-biathlon-bio-stub