Paulína Fialková

Paulína Bátovská Fialková (born 25 October 1992) is a Slovak biathlete. She competed at the Biathlon World Championships 2012 and 2013, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,[1] and 2018 Winter Olympics. At the 2018 Winter Olympics she finished at the fifth place in the 15 km individual event.[2]

Paulína Bátovská Fialková
Personal information
Born (1992-10-25) 25 October 1992
Brezno, Czechoslovakia (present day Slovakia)
Professional information
SportBiathlon
ClubDukla Banská Bystrica
World Cup debut2012
Olympic Games
Teams2 (2014, 2018)
Medals0 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams7 (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020)
Medals0 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons7 (2013/14–)
Individual podiums8
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing  Slovakia
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place2015 OsrblieSprint
Silver medal – second place2015 OsrbliePursuit
Bronze medal – third place2015 OsrblieIndividual
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2016 TyumenMass Start
Silver medal – second place2016 Tyumen2x6 + 2x7.5 km relay

Her younger sister Ivona Fialková also competes for Slovakia in biathlon.

In summer of 2018 she became the world champion in sprint in summer biathlon on world championship in Nové Město na Moravě.[3]

In 2018 she successfully graduated at Faculty of Law of Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia and she gain Magister degree.[4][5][6] Her bachelor thesis was on theme The possession of firearms and ammunition for sporting purposes. She wrote it in 2015.[7] Her diploma thesis was about International Law and Control Mechanisms of Doping in Sport.[8]

She is the winner of prestigious Slovak award Slovenka roka 2019 (Slovak woman of the year 2019) in category sport.[9]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[10]

Olympic Games

0 medals

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
Russia 2014 Sochi 72nd 14th
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 5th 11th 38th 21st 5th 20th
China 2022 Beijing 42nd 14th 10th 26th 19th 17th
*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

0 medals

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay
Germany 2012 Ruhpolding 86th 8th
Czech Republic 2013 Nové Město 55th 53rd 8th
Finland 2015 Kontiolahti 53rd 88th 18th 17th
Norway 2016 Oslo 76th 49th 23rd 14th 17th
Austria 2017 Hochfilzen 27th 31st 12th 10th 8th 12th
Sweden 2019 Östersund 5th 48th DNS 12th 6th 12th
Italy 2020 Antholz-Anterselva 24th 16th 17th 15th 17th
Slovenia 2021 Pokljuka 50th 13th 41st 21st 18th 21st
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

World Cup

Season Age Overall Sprint Pursuit Individual Mass start
Races Points Position Races Points Position Races Points Position Races Points Position Races Points Position
2013/14219/224861st6/94852nd2/81/20/3
2014/152213/252274th8/101372nd2/7773rd3/3268th0/5
2015/162316/2520135th6/93161st5/89328th3/33626th2/54132nd
2016/172418/2629231st8/97939th6/914125th2/31453rd2/55828th
2017/182516/2224732nd7/87239th5/74944th2/24415th2/58221st
2018/192623/256876th8/92287th7/815417th3/31112nd5/51943rd
2019/202719/2148913th8/819110th4/51496th2/31745th5/513211th
2020/212812/2611852nd7/107543rd4/84346th1/30/5
2021/22296/93049th4/4758th1/32136th1/1239th0/1

Overall record

Result Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed
relay
Total
Individual events Team events All events
1st place
2nd place2244
3rd place21144
Podiums23388
Top 10
Points
Others
DNF
DSQ
Starts
* Results in IBU World Cup races, Olympics and World Championships.

Individual podiums

SeasonPlaceCompetitionPlacement
2017–18Russia TyumenMass start2nd
2018–19Slovenia PokljukaPursuit3rd
Austria HochfilzenPursuit2nd
Czech Republic Nové Město na MoravěSprint3rd
Czech Republic Nové Město na MoravěMass start2nd
Germany RuhpoldingMass start3rd
Norway OsloSprint3rd
2019–20Germany RuhpoldingPursuit2nd

References

  1. "Paulina Fialkova". sochi2014. Archived from the original on 5 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  2. "Dve Slovenky siahali na medailu, jedna ju získala. Ako vyzerali vytrvalostné preteky" (in Slovak). sport.sme.sk. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  3. a.s, Petit Press. "Paulína Fialková sa stala majsterkou sveta v letnom biatlone". sport.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  4. "Úspešná biatlonistka Paulína Fialková je študentkou Právnickej Fakulty UMB | Marec 2016 | Univerzita Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici". www.umb.sk. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  5. "Právnická fakulta Univerzity Mateja Bela – oficiálna stránka". facebook.com. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  6. "Paulína Fialková". facebook.com. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  7. "CRZP – detail kniha". opac.crzp.sk. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  8. "CRZP – detail kniha". opac.crzp.sk. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  9. Diva.sk. "Slovenka roka 2019: Ktorá žena sa stala tou absolútnou víťazkou?". Diva.sk. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  10. International Biathlon Union. Paulína Fialková. IBU Datacenter. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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