# Veronika Vítková

Veronika Vítková (Czech pronunciation:; born on 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.
23/4/2020 she announced retirement and her pregnancy.

## Record
### Olympic Games

3 medals (1 silver, 2 bronze)
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass Start | Relay | Mixed Relay |
| 2010 Vancouver | 68th | 24th | 36th | – | 16th | — |
| 2014 Sochi | 6th | 16th | 21st | 8th | Bronze | Silver |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | 18th | Bronze | 7th | 14th | 12th | 8th |

### World Championships

2 medals (1 gold, 1 bronze)
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed 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 | 8th | Gold |
| 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

| Season | Age | Overall | Overall | Overall | Sprint | Sprint | Sprint | Pursuit | Pursuit | Pursuit | Individual | Individual | Individual | Mass start | Mass start | Mass start |
| Season | Age | Races | Points | Position | Races | Points | Position | Races | Points | Position | Races | Points | Position | Races | Points | Position |
| 2007/08 | 19 | 4/26 | 18 | 59th | 3/10 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/3 | 18 | 31st | — | — | — |
| 2008/09 | 20 | 14/26 | 196 | 36th | 7/10 | 60 | 44th | 3/7 | 53 | 37th | 2/4 | 40 | 33rd | 2/5 | 43 | 34th |
| 2009/10 | 21 | 8/25 | 53 | 63rd | 4/10 | 36 | 56th | 2/6 | 6 | 71st | 2/4 | 11 | 62nd | — | — | — |
| 2010/11 | 22 | 19/26 | 139 | 43rd | 9/10 | 50 | 46th | 6/7 | 37 | 45th | 3/4 | 41 | 35th | 1/5 | 11 | 50th |
| 2011/12 | 23 | 19/26 | 336 | 25th | 8/10 | 133 | 24th | 6/8 | 99 | 24th | 2/3 | 26 | 36th | 3/5 | 78 | 21st |
| 2012/13 | 24 | 25/26 | 511 | 16th | 10/10 | 159 | 23rd | 7/8 | 196 | 15th | 3/3 | 37 | 27th | 5/5 | 119 | 17th |
| 2013/14 | 25 | 21/22 | 551 | 9th | 9/9 | 221 | 7th | 8/8 | 216 | 7th | 1/2 | 48 | 13th | 3/3 | 76 | 12th |
| 2014/15 | 26 | 25/25 | 793 | 4th | 10/10 | 347 | 3rd | 7/7 | 194 | 9th | 3/3 | 122 | 3rd | 5/5 | 139 | 10th |
| 2015/16 | 27 | 24/24 | 703 | 8th | 9/9 | 238 | 7th | 8/8 | 217 | 8th | 3/3 | 106 | 6th | 5/5 | 142 | 9th |
| 2016/17 | 28 | 21/26 | 389 | 25th | 8/9 | 111 | 28th | 7/9 | 151 | 22nd | 3/3 | 32 | 34th | 3/5 | 95 | 20th |
| 2017/18 | 29 | 19/22 | 545 | 8th | 7/8 | 245 | 5th | 6/7 | 149 | 12th | 2/2 | 58 | 7th | 4/5 | 93 | 18th |
| 2018/19 | 30 | 21/26 | 253 | 30th | 9/9 | 82 | 34th | 7/8 | 113 | 27th | 3/3 | 31 | 36th | 2/5 | 28 | 34th |
| 2019/20 | 31 | 2/21 | — | — | 1/8 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/3 | — | — | — | — | — |