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Veronika Vadovičová (born 9 February 1983) is a Slovak Paralympic shooter. A seven-time Paralympian, she has won medals at every Paralympics between 2008 and 2024. Among these, she has five gold medals, two silvers and one bronze.


Career

Vadovičová competed in a single event in the
2000 Summer Paralympics The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was the last time that the Summer Paralympics were organized by two different Organ ...
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, before going to Athens four years later to take part in four events for the
2004 Summer Paralympics The 2004 Summer Paralympics (), the 12th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Athens, Greece, from 17 to 28 September ...
at the age of 21. She was a gold medalist at the 2006
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where she competed in three-position 50-metre rifle event. At the 2008 Paralympic Games in
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, she won the gold medal in the 10 m air rifle standing SH1. At the 2012 Paralympic Games in
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, England, she won her second career Paralympic medal: a bronze in the 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1. Vadovičová won 3 golds at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Cup in
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where she competed against
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. On 24 October 2014 she won a gold medal at the 2014 IPC Shooting European Championships. On 15 March 2016 Vadovičová broke the R3 (mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1) qualification world record, on the opening day of competition, at the IPC Shooting World Cup in
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. She competed at the
2016 Summer Paralympics The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for disabled sports, athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, f ...
, winning two further gold medals as well as a silver medal. Vadovičová took the gold medal in the 2017 Para Sport World Cup held in the
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beating Lorraine Lambert who gained the silver position. She competed at the
2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ...
, in Mixed R6 50 metre rifle prone SH1, winning a gold medal. Vadovičová was the most successful Slovak representative at the
2024 Summer Paralympics The 2024 Summer Paralympics (), also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (), and branded as Paris 2024, were the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event governed by the International P ...
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, winning a gold medal in the R3 10 m air rifle prone event, as well as a silver medal for the R8 50 m rifle 3 positions. These two medals took her eight Paralympic medals overall, won from five different Paralympics.


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Veronika Vadovicova
at the
Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics The 2024 Summer Paralympics (), also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (), and branded as Paris 2024, were the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event governed by the International P ...

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