Kateřina Smutná

Kateřina Smutná (born 13 June 1983) is a Czech national ski team member and a former Austrian cross-country skier.

Kateřina Smutná
Kateřina Smutná in 2010
Country Czech Republic
Born (1983-06-13) 13 June 1983
Jablonec nad Nisou, Czechoslovakia
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Ski clubHSV Saalfelden
World Cup career
Seasons2003, 20072015, 2017
Indiv. podiums0
Team podiums0
Indiv. starts171
Team starts4
Overall titles0 – (24th in 2009, 2013)
Discipline titles0

Personal life

Smutná grew up in Jablonec and after trying modern gymnastics became a member of ski club in the same town.

Career

For the Czech Republic

Smutná achieved many success and titles of national champion in younger and junior categories in cross-country skiing as well as rollerski in the summer.

In 2002, Smutná finished 13th at the World Junior Championships. A year later in 2003, she competed in Val di Fiemme as a member of the Czech national cross country team. After an unsatisfying result, she was accused by the head coach of sabotaging the race and was sacked from the national team. This was followed by several incidents and conflicts which she attributed to an inflexible and old-fashioned management system. She last competed for the Czech Republic in 2005.

In March 2016, she won Vasaloppet.[1] and February 2018, she won Tjejvasan.[2]

For Austria

In 2006, Smutná decided to change her citizenship and continue her sports career in Austria. Her best World Cup finish for Austrian national team was fourth in a sprint event at Whistler Olympic Park, Canada in January 2009. Smutná's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 11th in the sprint event at Sapporo in 2007.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished 11th in the individual sprint, 29th in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit, and 33rd in the 30 kilometres events.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[3]

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   10 km 
individual
 15 km 
 skiathlon 
 30 km 
mass start
 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
201026293211
2014302045128

World Championships

 Year   Age   10 km  15 km
 Pursuit  30 km  Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
20031951N/A
200723N/ADNF11
20092524N/ADNF
20112615N/A3636
201327N/A18131116
201529N/A31
20173131N/A11

Season standings

 Season   Age  Season standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
200319NCN/ANCN/AN/AN/A
200723414230N/ADNFN/A
200824394131N/A2733
200925242413N/A2335
201026384819N/ADNF33
20112743363037DNFDNF
2012283338272233DNF
20132924321514DNF35
20143041303419DNFDNF
2015318859NCN/A
201733NCNC

References

  1. "Historiska segrare" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet. p. 2. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. "Perfekt svensk förlust i Tjejvasan" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  3. "SMUTNA Katerina". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
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