Jaroslav Soukup (, born 12 July 1982) is a retired Czech
biathlete
The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and shooting sports, rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into sh ...
.
Career
His first World Cup podium was in Östersund at the pursuit competition on 4 December 2011.
Östersund Pursuit Results
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Soukup won a bronze medal in biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The eleven events took place between 8–22 February 2014.
For the first time ever, a mixed relay event was staged after being voted ...
in sprint
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and a silver medal in the Mixed relay (together with Ondřej Moravec
Ondřej Moravec (; born 9 June 1984) is a former Czech biathlete.
Life and career
Moravec represented the Czech Republic at the 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, he won silver medals in both the pursuit and the mixed rela ...
, 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 ...
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 ...
).
Olympic Games
World Championships
''2 medals (2 bronze)''
References
External links
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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 Republic
Biathlon World Championships medalists
Universiade medalists in biathlon
People from Jičín
Universiade bronze medalists for the Czech Republic
Competitors at the 2005 Winter Universiade
Competitors at the 2007 Winter Universiade
Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade
Sportspeople from the Hradec Králové Region
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