Jakub Štvrtecký (born 21 December 1998) is a Czech

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. He made his debut in the

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in 2018.

Career

He made his international debut in 2016, at the World Youth Championships in Cheile Gradistei, where his best result was seventh in the sprint. The following season, he claimed a podium finish in the relay at the IBU Junior Cup. In 2018, he was sixth in the individual at the Junior World Championships in

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, then, a few months later at the Junior Summer Biathlon World Championships, he won the titles in the sprint and mixed relay. In 2018–2019, he made his senior debut at the

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, then at the

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, before being selected for the

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. At the opening 2019-2020 World Cup event, he managed to score points with his 39th-place finish in the Östersund sprint. He then broke into the top thirty at

(29th), before breaking into the top twenty at

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, where he finished sixteenth in the sprint. His other highlight of the winter was a silver medal at the Junior World Championships in

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in the sprint. In 2024, he won gold at the Summer Biathlon World Championships in

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

World Championships

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Štvrtecký, Jakub 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Vsetín Czech male biathletes 21st-century Czech sportsmen