Vanesa Hocková (born 20 January 2000) is a Slovak skeet shooter. Vanesa Hocková was born on 20 January 2000 in

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. She was competing in swimming until the age of 12, when she switched to shooting. Her best individual career result is the fourth place at the 2022 World Championships in

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, which qualified Hocková for participation in the

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. Hocková was a part of the Slovak women skeet team which placed third at the

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and

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, second at the

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and

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and won gold at the

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Vanesa Hockova
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* 2000 births Living people Slovak female sport shooters European Games silver medalists for Slovakia European Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2023 European Games Olympic shooters for Slovakia Shooters at the 2024 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Trnava {{Slovakia-sportshooting-bio-stub