Helena Erbenová

Helena Erbenová (née Balatková; born 6 February 1979) is a Czech cross-country skier and triathlete. She is the winner of the 2012 ITU Winter Triathlon World Championships.

Career

Cross-country skiing Erbenová has been competing cross-country skiing since 1997. She finished fifth in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo and earned her best individual finish of 20th in the sprint at the 2001 championships in Lahti. Erbenová's best Winter Olympic finish was 29th in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit at Turin in 2006. She has a total of nine individual victories, all in FIS races, at distances up to the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit since 2000. Erbenová's best individual World Cup finish was 13th in a 15 km event in Russia in 2007.

Triathlon Erbenová 2011 XTERRA Triathlon World Championships where she took 3rd place.

The next year, in 2012, Erbenová became the ITU Winter Triathlon World Championship. She also won the European Winter Triathlon champion and the 2012 and European Cross Triathlon champion.

In 2014 Erbenová placed third at the 2014 ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships.

Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2002 23 — 41 42 — 42 4 2006 27 — 29 39 — 6 12

World Championships Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2001 22 42 — 40 20 8 2003 24 35 — 33 — — 8 2005 26 54— 31 40 6 11 2007 28 49 43 — — 5 — 2009 30 — 41 38 50 12 —

a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup Season standings Season Age Discipline standings Ski Tour standingsOverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintTour deSkiWorld CupFinal 1998 19 — 1999 20 — 2000 21 — — 2001 22 82 66 2002 23 93 2003 24 78 — 2004 25 87 71 2005 26 — 2006 27 2007 28 63 44 57 36 2008 29 71 54 69 36 34 2009 30 — —

Team podiums

1 podium – (1 )

No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates1 2006–07 17 December 2006 La Clusaz, France 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Rajdlová / Janečková / Neumannová

Personal life Erbenová is the daughter of Czech skier Helena Balatková-Šikolová. She has two sisters Kateřina and Petra who also were skier. Kateřina's husband is Czech skier Lukáš Bauer.