Paulína Fialková

Paulína 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 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
2015 OsrblieSprint
2015 OsrbliePursuit
2015 OsrblieIndividual
European Championships
2016 TyumenMass Start
2016 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 Nove Mesto na Morave.[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
2014 Sochi – 72nd – – 14th –
2018 Pyeongchang 5th 11th 38th 21st 5th 20th
2022 Beijing
*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
2012 Ruhpolding — 86th — — 8th — N/A
2013 Nové Město — 55th 53rd — 8th —
2015 Kontiolahti 53rd 89th — — 19th 17th
2016 Oslo 76th 49th 23rd — 14th 17th
2017 Hochfilzen 27th 31st 12th 10th 8th 12th
2019 Östersund 5th 48th — 12th 6th 12th —
2020 Antholz-Anterselva 24th 16th 17th 15th 17th — —
*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
2013/14219/224861st6/94852nd2/8––1/2––0/3–—
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

Overall record
Result Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed
relay		 Total
Individual events Team events All events
1st place–––––––––
2nd place––12––3–3
3rd place–111––3–3
Podiums–122––6–6
Top 10445394161329
Points7181782311503484
Others6287–––41–41
DNF––1–––1–1
DSQ–––––––––
Starts134625823119234126
* Results in IBU World Cup races, Olympics and World Championships.

Individual podiums
SeasonPlaceCompetitionPlacement
2017–18 TyumenMass start2nd
2018–19 PokljukaPursuit3rd
HochfilzenPursuit2nd
Nové Město na MoravěSprint3rd
Nové Město na MoravěMass start2nd
RuhpoldingMass start3rd
OsloSprint3rd
2019–20 RuhpoldingPursuit2nd

References
  1. "Paulina Fialkova". sochi2014. 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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