Helena Erbenová (née Balatková; born 6 February 1979) is a

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cross-country skier and

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. She is the winner of the 2012 ITU Winter Triathlon World Championships.

Career

Cross-country skiing

Erbenová has been competing cross-country skiing since 1997. She finished fifth in the 4 × 5 km relay at the

2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 took place 22 February – 4 March 2007 in Sapporo, Japan. It was the second time this city has hosted these championships, having previously done so in the 1972 Winter Olympics. Sapporo was selected ...

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and earned her best individual finish of 20th in the sprint at the 2001 championships in

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. Erbenová's best

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finish was 29th in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit at

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. She has a total of nine individual victories, all in FIS races, at distances up to the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit since 2000. Erbenová's best individual World Cup finish was 13th in a 15 km event in

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in 2007.

Triathlon

Erbenová 2011

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World Championships where she took 3rd place. The next year, in 2012, Erbenová became the ITU Winter Triathlon World Championship. She also won the European Winter Triathlon champion and the 2012 and European Cross Triathlon champion. In 2014 Erbenová placed third at the 2014 ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

World Championships

:a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

Season standings

Team podiums

*1 podium – (1 )

Personal life

Erbenová is the daughter of Czech skier Helena Balatková-Šikolová. She has two sisters Kateřina and Petra who also were skier. Kateřina's husband is Czech skier

Lukáš Bauer Lukáš Bauer (; born 18 August 1977) is a Czech cross-country skier who has competed since 1996. Biography On 17 February 2006 he won the Winter Olympics silver medal for the 15 km cross-country classical. His best finish at the FIS Nordic W ...

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Erbenova, Helena 1979 births Living people Czech female cross-country skiers Czech female triathletes Olympic cross-country skiers for the Czech Republic Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Jablonec nad Nisou