Veronika Machyniaková (born 14 September 1997) is a retired Slovak biathlete who competed at the

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held in Beijing, China.

Biography

Veronika Machyniaková was born on 14 September 1997 in the village of

Hronec Hronec (, , until 1886: ) is a village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. History In historical records, the village was first mentioned as ''Hronecz'' in 1357, when it was the dominion of Ly ...

, close to

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. Her father Ľubomír Machyniak is a former professional biathlete who competed at the

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and became a Slovak Biathlon Association functionary after retirement. Her younger sister Júlia is a biathlete as well. While competing in professional biathlon, Machyniaková graduated in economics from the

Matej Bel University Matej Bel University (commonly referred as Matej Bel or UMB), () is a public research university in the central Slovak town of Banská Bystrica. The university was established in 1992. It bears the name of Matthias Bel, a Hungarian-Slovak Luthe ...

Career

As a junior, Machyniaková trained with KB Osrblie. In the 2019/20 session, she advanced to the Senior national team to fill the vacant space left by the retirement of

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. Despite excellent performance at shooting, she only achieved average results overall. Her best career result was the 15th place at the 2021 IBU Open European Championships. Despite her mixed performances, Machynová was a part of the Slovak biathlon team at the 2022 Winter Olympics in China as a replacement for the Remeň twins, who refused to get vaccinated against

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. Following her disappointing performance in the Olympics, Machyniaková retired from competitive biathlon.

Career results

Olympic Games

''0 medals''

World Championships

''0 medals''

References

1997 births Living people People from Brezno District Slovak female biathletes Olympic biathletes for Slovakia Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Matej Bel University alumni {{Slovakia-wintersport-bio-stub