Veronika Velez-Zuzulová

Veronika Valette-Zuzulová ( Zuzulová; born 15 July 1984) is a retired Slovak alpine ski racer. Born in Bratislava, she specialised in the slalom and was the most successful Slovak alpine skier before Petra Vlhová. She was coached by her father Timotej Zuzula and Vladimír Kovár. In april 2012, she married coach Romain Velez and added her maiden name to her married name becoming Velez-Zuzulová. They divorced in August 2022. In September 2025 she married french Gaspard Valette

Valette-Zuzulová started skiing at age 3; at 14 she won the Trofeo Topolino in Italy, an unofficial children's world championship.

Europa Cup She started competing in the Europa Cup from the 2000/2001 season, and she took Europa Cup race wins on 21 December 2003, 23 February 2004 and 19 December 2006, and 3rd place on 6 and 22 February 2004.

World Championships At the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, she scored 9th place in super combined, 13th place in slalom and 21st place in giant slalom.

Velez-Zuzulová was part of the Slovakian team which took a surprise silver in the team event at the 2017 World Championships in St. Moritz, defeating Germany, Italy and Switzerland before being beaten by France in the final on time by eight hundredths of a second after a 2-2 tie.

World Cup Velez-Zuzulová made her World Cup debut in a giant slalom at Sölden, Austria, on 28 October 2000. In November 2002, she started competing in slalom. Her first major win was in 2002 when she became the World Junior Champion. Her first run in super combined was in 2006.

Across her career, Velez-Zuzulová took 30 World Cup podiums with five victories, all in slalom (or parallel slalom). Her best results in the World Cup season standings came in the 2016 and 2017 seasons, when she finished second in the slalom discipline. In the 2013 season, she finished third in slalom and 12th overall; she also finished third in slalom in 2008. She retired from competition in 2018, with her final World Cup start being in a slalom in Ofterschwang.

Season results Season Age Overall Slalom GiantSlalom Combined 2002 17 68 23 — — 2003 18injured 2004 19 42 15 — — 2005 20 37 9 — — 2006 21 77 28 — 44 2007 22 19 5 32 37 2008 23 15 3 41 — 2009 24 65 22 — — 2010 25 94 36 — — 2011 26 19 5 42 — 2012 27 17 4 42 — 2013 28 12 3 — — 2014 29injured 2015 30 24 6 — — 2016 31 13 2 — — 2017 32 11 2 — — 2018 33 97 42 — —

Standings through 4 February 2018

Race podiums 5 wins – (4 SL, 1 CE) 30 podiums – (27 SL, 3 CE)

World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined Team event 2001 16 DNF1 34 — — — — 2003 18 injured, did not compete 2005 20 DSQ1 — — — — — 2007 22 13 21 — — 9 — 2009 24 — DNS1 — — — — 2011 26 10 15 — — — — 2013 28 7 — — — — 9 2015 30 4 — — — — — 2017 32 DNF2 — — — — 2

Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2002 17 DNF1 32 — — — 2006 21 22 — — — 15 2010 25 10 DNS2 — — — 2014 29 injured, did not compete 2018 33 17 — — — —