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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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 ...

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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)''

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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 {{CzechRepublic-biathlon-bio-stub