Rebeka Jančová

Rebeka Jančová (born 25 August 2003) is a Slovak alpine ski racer. She competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[1]

Rebeka Jančová
Jančová at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Born (2003-08-25) 25 August 2003
Zvolen, Slovakia
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesSlalom, giant slalom, super-G, combined
ClubVojenské športové centrum Dukla Banská Bystrica
World Cup debut14 January 2023 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams1 – (Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics)
Medals0

Rebeka Jančová was born on 25 August 2003 in Zvolen.[2] She initially became interested in skiing because of her older sister Tereza Jančová. In 2012 at the age of 9, she joined the Levoča ski Club, which has been a part of Veronika Velez-Zuzulová academy since 2018.[3] She is also a member of the Dukla Banská Bystrica athletic club.[4]

Career

Rebeka Jančová started competing internationally at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne. She finished 4th in combined, 8th in super-G and 14th and 15th in giant slalom and slalom respectively.[5]

At the age of 18 she qualified for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[6] She finished 12th in mixed team race together with Petra Hromcová, Adam Žampa and Andreas Žampa after losing 1 to 3 to the team USA. Additionally, she finished 39th in Woman's Super-G. She did not finish either slalom or giant slalom race.[7]

Jančová made her senior debut at the 2022–23 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup on 14 January 2023 at the age of 19.[8]

References
  1. "Rebeka Jančová". olympic.sk.
  2. "Rebeka Jančová o veľkom úspechu, premiérovej sezóne v EP, tréningu s Vlhovou, drine a peniazoch". myzvolen.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  3. "Rubrika: Jančová obdivuje mužské lyžovanie, túži po úspechu na ZOH" (in Slovak). Zväz slovenského lyžovania. 19 May 2021.
  4. "Cieľavedomá mladá lyžiarska nádej Rebeka Jančová a jej cesta za úspechmi | Dukla - Vojenské športové centrum" (in Slovak). 8 September 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  5. Ivánková, Stanislava. "Mladí Slováci ukázali, že môžu získavať medaily aj v budúcnosti. Aj v hokeji". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  6. "Veľký slovenský talent? Zaujala na pretekoch, ktoré vyhrala aj Shiffrinová". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  7. "Rebeka Jančová's results page". olympics.com.
  8. "Svetový pohár: Jančová má za sebou debut, teší sa na juniorské MS". Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia. 16 January 2023. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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