Viktória Čerňanská (born 29 March 2002) is a Slovak bobsledder who competed at the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

Early life

Čerňanská was involved in sports as a child when her coach pushed her to try bobsleigh. She immediately became interested in this sport and began to devote herself to it. Čerňanská completed demanding trainings year-round outside her homeland.

Career

Čerňanská represented Slovakia at the

2020 Winter Youth Olympics The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games (german: Olympische Jugend-Winterspiele 2020; french: Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse d'hiver de 2020; it, Giochi olimpici giovanili invernali del 2020; rm, Gieus olimpics da giuvenils d'enviern 2020), offic ...

in the

monobob Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...

event and won a silver medal. Čerňanská competed at the 2022 IBSF Junior World Championships where she won a gold medal in the U23 monobob, and a silver medal in the two-woman event. Čerňanská represented Slovakia at the

in the

event. She finished second place at the 2023–24 Bobsleigh World Cup in Whistler, Canada, behind

Melissa Lotholz Melissa Lotholz (born December 2, 1992) is a Canadian bobsledder. In her rookie season, Lotholz pushed Kaillie Humphries to 3 World Cup medals. The following season the duo won 9 medals in as many races, including silver at World Championships, ...

from said country. Čerňanská finished 21st place during the woman's monobob event at the IBSF World Championships 2024 in Winterberg, Germany, her lowest position to date.

References

2002 births Living people Slovak female bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Slovakia Bobsledders at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Bratislava {{Slovakia-bobsleigh-bio-stub