# Czech Republic at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

The Czech Republic is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. This will be the Czech Republic's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.
Biathletes Lukáš Kulhánek and Ilona Plecháčová were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Biathlon | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Cross-country skiing | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Curling | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Figure skating | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Freestyle skiing | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Ice hockey | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| Luge | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Nordic combined | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Short track speed skating | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ski jumping | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Snowboarding | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Total | 41 | 21 | 62 |
* One female athlete will compete in ski jumping and nordic combined.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Ilona Plecháčová | Biathlon | Women's individual | 20 January |
| Silver | Czech Republic men's national under-16 ice hockey team | Ice hockey | Men's tournament | 31 January |
| Bronze | Heda Mikolášová Ilona Plecháčová Jakub Neuhauser Lukáš Kulhánek | Biathlon | Mixed relay | 24 January |
| Bronze | Vanessa Volopichová | Snowboarding | Women's slopestyle | 24 January |

## Alpine skiing

The Czech Republic qualified three alpine skiers (one man and two women).

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Stanislav Kovář | Super-G | — | — | — | — | DNS | DNS |
| Stanislav Kovář | Giant slalom | 52.29 | 35 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Stanislav Kovář | Slalom | 50.24 | 32 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Elena Drápalová | Super-G | — | — | — | — | 56.66 | 30 |
| Elena Drápalová | Giant slalom | DNF | DNF | DNQ | DNQ | DNF | DNF |
| Elena Drápalová | Slalom | DNF | DNF | DNQ | DNQ | DNF | DNF |
| Elena Drápalová | Combined | 59.20 | 31 | 57.30 | 25 | 1:56.50 | 24 |
| Katrin Kudĕlásková | Super-G | — | — | — | — | 55.96 | 19 |
| Katrin Kudĕlásková | Giant slalom | DNF | DNF | DNQ | DNQ | DNF | DNF |
| Katrin Kudĕlásková | Slalom | 54.34 | 29 | 49.79 | 17 | 1:44.13 | 21 |
| Katrin Kudĕlásková | Combined | 57.32 | 10 | 54.87 | 22 | 1:52.19 | 20 |

## Biathlon
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Jan Dufek | Sprint | 24:27.2 | 3 (1+2) | 44 |
| Jan Dufek | Individual | 48:43.9 | 7 (3+2+2+0) | 49 |
| František Jelínek | Individual | 48:01.4 | 6 (0+2+2+2) | 37 |
| Lukáš Kulhánek | Sprint | 23:17.0 | 2 (1+1) | 18 |
| Lukáš Kulhánek | Individual | 49:03.2 | 9 (0+5+0+4) | 53 |
| Jakub Neuhauser | Sprint | 25:11.5 | 5 (3+2) | 61 |
| Jakub Neuhauser | Individual | 48:30.4 | 7 (1+2+3+2) | 45 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Lucie Jandurová | Sprint | 23:07.9 | 5 (0+5) | 33 |
| Lucie Jandurová | Individual | 40:37.9 | 3 (1+0+0+2) | 13 |
| Valerie Křížová | Sprint | 22:08.5 | 5 (1+4) | 22 |
| Valerie Křížová | Individual | 40:50.6 | 5 (1+0+2+2) | 16 |
| Heda Mikolášová | Sprint | 21:05.7 | 5 (2+3) | 4 |
| Heda Mikolášová | Individual | 38:23.8 | 4 (1+2+1+0) | 4 |
| Ilona Plecháčová | Sprint | 21:07.5 | 4 (2+2) | 5 |
| Ilona Plecháčová | Individual | 37:03.4 | 1 (0+1+0+0) | |

### Mixed

| Athletes | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Valerie Křížová, Jakub Neuhauser | Single mixed relay | 47:13.8 | 1+16 | 8 |
| Heda Mikolášová, Ilona Plecháčová, Jakub Neuhauser, Lukáš Kulhánek | Mixed relay | 1:18:23.4 | 5+16 | |

## Cross-country skiing

Czech Republic qualified four cross-country skiers (two per gender).

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Aleš Řezáč | 7.5 km classical | — | 20:45.6 | 16 |
| Aleš Řezáč | Sprint freestyle | 3:09.86 | 21 | 4:13.12 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 28 |
| Eduard Simbartl | 7.5 km classical | — | 20:21.7 | 8 |
| Eduard Simbartl | Sprint freestyle | 3:11.84 | 25 | 3:12.76 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 19 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Kateřina Dušková | 7.5 km classical | — | 23:06.6 | 11 |
| Kateřina Dušková | Sprint freestyle | 3:38.39 | 11 | 3:39.77 | 2 | 3:38.77 | 2 | 3:43.52 | 5 |
| Eliška Polonská | 7.5 km classical | — | 23:42.7 | 21 |
| Eliška Polonská | Sprint freestyle | 3:38.92 | 13 | 3:37.70 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Kateřina Dušková Aleš Řezáč Eliška Polonská Eduard Simbartl | Mixed relay | 55:41.4 | 10 |

## Curling

The Czech Republic qualified a mixed doubles pair for a total of two athletes (one per gender).

### Summary

| Team | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Julie Zelingrová Ondřej Bláha | Mixed doubles | Hungary W 7–2 | Nigeria W 19–0 | Great Britain L 3–8 | Canada W 6–4 | South Korea W 7–5 | 2 Q | United States L 7–8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 8 |

### Mixed doubles

| Group A | W | L | W–L | DSC |
| Great Britain | 4 | 1 | 1–0 | 40.06 |
| Czech Republic | 4 | 1 | 0–1 | 42.84 |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | – | 54.69 |
| Hungary | 2 | 3 | 1–0 | 89.06 |
| South Korea | 2 | 3 | 0–1 | 38.09 |
| Nigeria | 0 | 5 | – | 168.42 |

#### Draw 2

Saturday, January 27, 10:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Bláha) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Hungary (Nagy / Kárász) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Draw 7

Sunday, January 28, 18:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Bláha) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | X | X | 19 |
| Nigeria (Akinsanya / Daniel) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 |

#### Draw 9

Monday, January 29, 14:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Great Britain (Soutar / Brewster) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Bláha) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

#### Draw 11

Tuesday, January 30, 10:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Locke / Perry) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Bláha) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

#### Draw 14

Wednesday, January 31, 9:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Bláha) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| South Korea (Lee / Lee) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |

#### Quarterfinal

Wednesday, January 31, 19:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (Wendling / Paral) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Bláha) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |

## Figure skating

| Athletes | Event | RD | RD | FD | FD | Total | Total |
| Athletes | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Andrea Pšurná Jáchym Novák | Ice dance | 51.22 | 5 | 75.41 | 7 | 126.63 | 6 |
| Klára Vlčková Tomáš Vlček | Ice dance | 33.09 | 12 | 49.24 | 12 | 82.33 | 12 |

## Freestyle skiing
### Dual moguls

| Athlete | Event | Group Heats | Group Heats | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Vít Zvalený | Men's dual moguls | 9 | 4 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
| Zuzana Tlapáková | Women's dual moguls | 9 | 4 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |
| Vít Zvalený Zuzana Tlapáková | Mixed team dual moguls | — | | South Korea L 10 – 60 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |

### Ski cross

| Athlete | Event | Pre-heat | Group heats | Group heats | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | Position | Points | Rank | Position | Position | Position | Final rank |
| Tomáš Matoušek | Men's ski cross | — | 14 | 8 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | N/A |
| Jan Třešňák | Men's ski cross | — | 11 | 10 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | N/A |
| Nela Apolínová | Women's ski cross | — | 16 | 4 | — | 4 | 4 (in small final) | 8 |
| Aneta Koryntová | Women's ski cross | — | 11 | 10 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | N/A |
| Tomáš Matoušek, Nela Apolínová | Team ski cross | 1 | — | — | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 12 |
| Jan Třešňák, Aneta Koryntová | Team ski cross | 3 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | N/A |

### Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank |
| Petr Müller | Men's big air | 92.50 | 71.00 | 92.50 | 1 | 19.75 | 42.50 | 65.25 | 85.00 | 10 |
| Petr Müller | Men's slopestyle | 86.75 | 80.00 | 86.75 | 4 | 65.50 | 67.75 | 59.75 | 67.75 | 5 |

## Ice hockey
### Summary

* OT – Overtime
* GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Czech Republic men's | Men's tournament | Slovakia W 3–2 | United States W 6–5 GWS | 1 | Finland W 3–1 | United States L 0–4 | |

### Men's tournament
#### Team roster

* Šimon Bělohorský
* Jakub Daněk
* Jan Hrček
* David Huk
* Lukáš Kachlíř
* Šimon Katolický
* Adam Klaus
* Jan Láryš
* Václav Nedorost
* Filip Novák
* František Poletín
* Martin Psohlavec
* Ben Reisnecker
* Ondřej Ruml
* Tobiáš Sekanina
* Petr Tomek
* Jakub Vaněček
* Matěj Weiss

#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | SOW | SOL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Czech Republic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Slovakia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 1 | |

#### Final
## Luge

Czech Republic qualified three male lugers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Filip Pavlata | Singles | 48.133 | 16 | 48.442 | 18 | 1:36.575 | 17 |
| David Svárovský Štefan Janák | Doubles | 50.167 | 9 | 50.395 | 10 | 1:40.562 | 9 |

## Nordic combined
### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Deficit | Time | Rank |
| Lukáš Doležal | Men's normal hill/6 km | 102.0 | 124.7 | 8 | +1:05 | 14:23.8 | 6 |
| Jan Kabeláč | Men's normal hill/6 km | 78.5 | 67.0 | 27 | +4:56 | 18:24.6 | 26 |
| Karolína Horká | Women's normal hill/4 km | 50.0 | 4.1 | 21 | +8:37 | 18:30.1 | 20 |
| Natálie Nejedlová | Women's normal hill/4 km | 73.0 | 57.5 | 20 | +5:03 | 19:36.9 | 21 |

### Team

| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Deficit | Time | Rank |
| Lukáš Doležal Karolína Horká Natálie Nejedlová Jan Kabeláč | Mixed team | 242.9 | 10 | +3:26 | 39:34.7 | 10 |

## Short track speed skating
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Eva Bláhová | 500 m | 47.996 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 25 |
| Eva Bláhová | 1000 m | 1:40.187 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 25 |
| Eva Bláhová | 1500 m | — | — | 2:45.156 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 24 |

## Ski jumping

Czech Republic qualified four ski jumpers (two per gender).

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | First round | First round | First round | Final | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Josef Buchar | Men's normal hill | 89.0 | 81.4 | 19 | 91.0 | 79.5 | 18 | 160.9 | 16 |
| Daniel Škarka | Men's normal hill | 90.0 | 85.5 | 15 | 96.0 | 92.8 | 11 | 178.3 | 13 |
| Anežka Indráčková | Women's normal hill | 97.0 | 95.4 | 4 | 102.0 | 101.9 | 4 | 197.3 | 4 |
| Natálie Nejedlová | Women's normal hill | 60.5 | 17.3 | 29 | 66.5 | 29.9 | 26 | 47.2 | 28 |

### Team

| Athlete | Event | First round | First round | First round | First round | Final | Final | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Team points | Rank | Distance | Points | Team points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Natálie Nejedlová, Josef Buchar, Anežka Indráčková, Daniel Škarka | Mixed team | 66.0 96.0 98.0 90.0 | 28.1 97.9 96.0 88.5 | 310.5 | 8 | 60.0 93.0 96.5 95.0 | 23.8 93.9 103.3 98.3 | 319.3 | 8 | 629.8 | 8 |

## Snowboarding
### Snowboard cross

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Position | Position | Position | Position |
| Max Benáčan | Men's snowboard cross | 9 | 12 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Štěpán Hlaváček | Men's snowboard cross | 12 | 10 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Karolína Hrušová | Women's snowboard cross | 17 | 4 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Karolína Šperlová | Women's snowboard cross | 5 | 11 | — | 4 | 6 (2nd in small final) |
| Štěpán Hlaváček Karolína Hrušová | Team snowboard cross | — | — | 2 | DNF | 6 (2nd in small final) |

### Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank |
| Vanessa Volopichová | Women's big air | 72.00 | 71.75 | 72.00 | 10 | 69.25 | 78.50 | 72.00 | 150.50 | 5 |
| Vanessa Volopichová | Women's slopestyle | 32.00 | 61.75 | 61.75 | 7 | 64.25 | 87.00 | 35.75 | 87.00 | |