Veronika Vítková

Veronika Vítková (; born 9 December 1988) is a Czech former biathlete. She comes from a family of skiers and switched from cross-country to biathlon at age 10. She competed for the Czech Republic at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, together with Ondřej Moravec, Jaroslav Soukup and Gabriela Soukalová, she won a silver medal in the Mixed relay. At the 2018 Winter Olympics she won the bronze medal in the 7.5 km sprint event.

In April 2020, she announced retirement and her pregnancy.

Record

Olympic Games 3 medals (1 silver, 2 bronze) EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass StartRelayMixed Relay 2010 Vancouver 68th 24th 36th – 16th 2014 Sochi 6th 16th 21st 8thBronze Silver 2018 Pyeongchang 18thBronze 7th 14th 12th 8th

World Championships 2 medals (1 gold, 1 bronze) EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relay 2008 Östersund 14th 57th DNS — 16th 12th 2009 Pyeongchang 5th 18th 10th 12th 10th — 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 8th 55th 34th 30th 11th 11th 2012 Ruhpolding 15th 25th 18th 14th 10th 8th 2013 Nové Město 14th 10th 8th 19th 10th Bronze 2015 Kontiolahti 8th 15th 11th 29th 8thGold 2016 Oslo 4th 7th 8th 6th 6th 6th 2017 Hochfilzen 50th 68th — — 4th — 2019 Östersund 13th 38th 16th 17th 15th 6th

World Cup Podiums Season Place Competition Placement 2012–13 Oberhof Pursuit 2nd 2013–14 Hochfilzen Sprint 2nd 2013–14 Ruhpolding Individual 3rd 2014–15 Östersund Sprint 2nd 2014–15 Oberhof Sprint 1st 2014–15 Oberhof Mass Start 2nd 2014–15 Ruhpolding Mass Start 3rd 2014–15 Nové Město na Moravě Sprint 3rd 2014–15 Holmenkollen Individual 3rd 2017–18 Oberhof Sprint 3rd 2017–18 Ruhpolding Mass Start 3rd 2017–18 Antholz Sprint 3rd 2017–18 Pyeongchang Sprint (OG) 3rd

World Cup Relay Podiums Season Place Competition Placement 2011–12 Hochfilzen Mixed Relay 2nd 2012–13 Östersund Mixed Relay 3rd 2012–13 Ruhpolding Relay 3rd 2012–13 Nové Město na Moravě Mixed Relay (WCH) 3rd 2013–14 Östersund Mixed Relay 1st 2013–14 Sochi Mixed Relay (OG) 2nd 2014–15 Hochfilzen Relay 3rd 2014–15 Oberhof Relay 1st 2014–15 Ruhpolding Relay 1st 2014–15 Antholz Relay 2nd 2014–15 Nové Město na Moravě Mixed Relay 2nd 2014–15 Holmenkollen Relay 1st 2014–15 Kontiolahti Mixed Relay (WCH) 1st 2015–16 Östersund Mixed Relay 3rd 2015–16 Antholz Relay 2nd 2015–16 Presque Isle Relay 1st 2018–19 Oberhof Relay 3rd

World Cup Position