Kamila Żuk

Kamila Żuk (born 18 November 1997) is a Polish biathlete. She competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[1] and 2022 Winter Olympics, in Women's individual Biathlon.[2]

Kamila Żuk
Żuk in 2023
Personal information
Born (1997-11-18) 18 November 1997
Wałbrzych, Poland
Professional information
SportBiathlon
ClubAZS-AWF Katowice
World Cup debut2017
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing  Poland
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Duszniki-ZdrójPursuit
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Otepää12.5 km individual
Gold medal – first place2018 Otepää7.5 km sprint
Silver medal – second place2018 Otepää10 km pursuit
Silver medal – second place2019 Osrblie7.5 km sprint
Junior European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 Nové Městosprint

Career

Żuk debuted at 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang in 2x6km Women + 2x7.5km Men mixed relay and finished on 16th place.[3]

On March 1, 2018, as the first Polish biathlete, she won the title of Junior World Champion in the 12,5 km individual competition with a winning time more than 3 minutes ahead of the 2nd place Biathlete.[4][5] Two days later, she claimed another gold medal, this time in 7.5 km sprint ahead of Czech Markéta Davidová and French Myrtille Bègue.[6] On March 4, 2018 Żuk added silver medal to her achievements from 2018 Junior World Championships in 10 km pursuit, losing only to Czech Davidová at a loss 28.1 sec.[7]

Results

Olympic Games
Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang — — — — — 16th
China 2022 Beijing 36th 53rd DNS — 14th —

Youth/Junior World Championships
Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay
Belarus 2015 Raubichi-Minsk 50th 13th 58th 9th
Romania 2016 Cheile Grădiştei 28th 11th 29th 5th
Slovakia 2017 Osrblie 49th 27th 10th 10th
Estonia 2018 Otepää Gold Gold Silver 5th

Youth/Junior European Championships
Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay
Slovenia 2016 Pokljuka 37th 6th 8th —
Czech Republic 2017 Nové Město 8th Bronze 12th —

References
  1. "Athlete Profile: Kamila ŻUK - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. "Kamila ZUK". olympics.com.
  3. "Polska Reprezentacja Olimpijska - Biathlon". olimpijski.pl. PKOL. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  4. Piotr Majchrzak (1 March 2018). "Biathlon. Kamila Żuk mistrzynią świata juniorek!". sport.pl. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  5. "Kamila Zuk and Igor Malinovski Win Junior Individuals". biathlonworld.com. IBU. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  6. "Kamila Zuk and Vasilii Tomshin Win Junior Sprint Gold Medals". biathlonworld.com. IBU. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  7. "Kolejny medal Żuk w mistrzostwach świata juniorek!". polsatsport.pl. Polsat Sport. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
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