Jana Kulhavá-Vápeníková (born 10 July 1964 in Jablonec) is a former

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. She won the gold medal on the relay at the Biathlon World Championships 1993 in

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together with

Eva Háková Eva Háková (born 8 July 1969) is a Czech biathlete. She competed at the 1994, 1998 and the 2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect ...

, Iveta Roubíčková and Jiřina Pelčová. At the

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her best individual placing was 43rd at the

1992 Winter Olympics The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Albertville '92 (Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile '92''), were a winter multi-sport event held from 8 to 23 February 1992 in and aroun ...

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. Her mother

Bedřiška Kulhavá Bedřiška Kulhavá (4 December 1931 – 20 February 2024) was a Czech middle-distance runner. She competed for Czechoslovakia in the women's 800 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Her daughter Jana Kulhava-Vápeniková competed in biathlon a ...

competed in the 1960 Summer Games.

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1964 births Living people Czech female biathletes Czechoslovak female biathletes Olympic biathletes for Czechoslovakia Olympic biathletes for the Czech Republic Biathletes at the 1992 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Jablonec nad Nisou Biathlon World Championships medalists {{CzechRepublic-biathlon-bio-stub