Veronika Vítková (; born on 9 December 1988) is a
Czech
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Places
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former
biathlete
The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not time ...
. 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
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and
2018
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Winter Olympics. At the
2014 Winter Olympics, 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 r ...
,
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
*
International Biathlon Union – Veronika Vítková
1988 births
Living people
People from Vrchlabí
Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Czech female biathletes
Olympic biathletes of the Czech Republic
Biathlon World Championships medalists
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for the Czech Republic
Olympic bronze medalists for the Czech Republic
Olympic medalists in biathlon
Sportspeople from the Hradec Králové Region
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