Jakub Štvrtecký Explained

Jakub Štvrtecký
Nationality:Czech
Birth Date:21 December 1998
Birth Place:Vsetín, Czech Republic
Country:Czech Republic
Sport:Biathlon

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.

World Championships

EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay
align=left 2019 Östersund65th
align=left 2020 Antholz-Anterselva70th47th54th13th
align=left 2021 Pokljuka78th67th13th
align=left 2023 Oberhof65th15th22st22nd4th
align=left 2024 Nové Město63rd41st47th

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jakub Štvrtecký. www.realbiathlon.com.
  2. Web site: Stříbrný Štvrtecký. Ve sprintu juniorů předvedl bezchybnou střelbu | Aktuálně.cz. February 1, 2020. Aktuálně.cz - Víte, co se právě děje.
  3. Web site: Dvě zlata pro český biatlon! Jakub Štvrtecký a Tereza Voborníková ovládli sprinty na letním MS. Karel. Halberštádt. August 24, 2024.