Jakub Štvrtecký
Czech biathlete (born 1998)
 Štvrtecký in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Czech | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1998-12-21) 21 December 1998 (age 25) Vsetín, Czech Republic | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Czech Republic | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Biathlon | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jakub Štvrtecký (born 21 December 1998) is a Czech biathlete. He made his debut in the Biathlon World Cup in 2018.[1]
Career
He made his international debut in 2016, at the World Youth Championships in Cheile Gradistei, where his best result was seventh in the sprint. The following season, he claimed a podium finish in the relay at the IBU Junior Cup. In 2018, he was sixth in the individual at the Junior World Championships in Otepää, then, a few months later at the Junior Summer Biathlon World Championships, he won the titles in the sprint and mixed relay.
In 2018–2019, he made his senior debut at the IBU Cup, then at the World Cup in Hochfilzen, before being selected for the World Championships in Östersund.
At the opening 2019-2020 World Cup event, he managed to score points with his 39th-place finish in the Östersund sprint. He then broke into the top thirty at Hochfilzen (29th), before breaking into the top twenty at Le Grand-Bornand, where he finished sixteenth in the sprint. His other highlight of the winter was a silver medal at the Junior World Championships in Lenzerheide in the sprint.[2]
In 2024, he won gold at the Summer Biathlon World Championships in Otepää.[3]
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay |
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 2022 Beijing | 65th | 58th | 48th | — | 19th | — |
World Championships
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay |
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 2019 Östersund | — | 65th | — | — | — | — |
 2020 Antholz-Anterselva | 70th | 47th | 54th | 13th | — | — |
 2021 Pokljuka | 78th | 67th | — | 13th | — | — |
 2023 Oberhof | 65th | 15th | 22st | 22nd | 4th | — |
 2024 Nové Město | 63rd | 41st | 47th | — | — | — |
References
- ^ "Jakub Štvrtecký". www.realbiathlon.com.
- ^ "Stříbrný Štvrtecký. Ve sprintu juniorů předvedl bezchybnou střelbu | Aktuálně.cz". Aktuálně.cz - Víte, co se právě děje. February 1, 2020.
- ^ Halberštádt, Karel (August 24, 2024). "Dvě zlata pro český biatlon! Jakub Štvrtecký a Tereza Voborníková ovládli sprinty na letním MS".
External links
- Jakub Štvrtecký at IBU
- Jakub Štvrtecký at Olympedia
- Jakub Štvrtecký at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech)
