Veronika Vitkova ( Czech; Veronika Vítková ; December 9, 1988 , Vrchlabi , Czechoslovakia ) - Czech biathlete , 2015 world mixed relay, silver medalist of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in mixed relay , bronze medalist of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in sprint , double World Junior Biathlon Champion (2006, 2009).
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| Original name | Veronika Vítková |
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| Nickname | Verča |
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| Citizenship |  Czech |
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| Date of Birth | December 9, 1988 ( 1988-12-09 ) (aged 30) |
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| Place of Birth | Vrchlabi , Czechoslovakia |
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| Accommodation | Jablonec nad Nisou , Czech Republic |
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| Height Weight | 166 cm / 55 kg |
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| According to | 2018/2019 |
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| Overall accuracy | 88% |
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| Lying down | 88% |
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| Standing | 89% |
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| Racing | 307 |
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| Wins | one |
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| Personal catwalks | 13 (  x 1 +  x 4 +  x 8) |
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| Relay Podiums | 16 ( x 6 + x 5 + x 5) |
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| Biathlon | | Olympic Games | | Silver | Sochi 2014 | mixed relay | | Bronze | Pyeongchang 2018 | 7.5 km sprint | | World Championships | | Bronze | Nove Mesto 2013 | mixed relay | | Gold | Kontiolahti 2015 | mixed relay | | Summer biathlon (skiing) | | World Championships | | Gold | Tyumen 2014 | mixed relay | | Silver | Nove Mesto 2018 | mixed relay | | Gold | Nove Mesto 2018 | 10 km pursuit |
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Zdenek Vitek , her paternal uncle, a former biathlete, bronze medalist of the World Cup (2003), European champion (2000), now the coach of the Czech national team, her mother’s aunt, skier, participant of the Nagano Winter Olympics - Yana Shaldova-Sukhardova. The two younger sisters of Vitkova are also athletes.
I came to biathlon at the age of 10, before that I was engaged in skiing. In 2004 she became a member of the national team. In 2005, she first performed at international competitions. At the World Junior Championship 2006, she won the individual girls' race (10 km). In the 2006-2007 season she appeared at the World Cup competitions. In the 2007-2008 season, for the first time hit the top thirty, taking 14th place in the individual race. At the World Junior Championships , held in 2008 in Ruhpolding , she became the second in the pursuit.
In the 2008/2009 season , it took ten more places in the number of now forty best receiving points, showing the best result in the cup career - 5th place in the individual race at the World Championships in Korean Pyeongchang . At the 2009 Junior World Championships in Kenmore, she won the baton and became second in the pursuit. As a result of the 2008/2009 season, she was selected as the best Czech biathlete [1] .
In the summer of 2009 she suffered a disease that disrupted the training process, which led to an unsuccessful performance at the stages of the 2009/2010 World Cup .
At the Winter Olympics in Korea , in the first sprint race, Veronica took an honorable third place and became the bronze medalist of the Games. This is the first Olympic medal in personal competitions for a Czech athlete. [2]
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