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 (age 26)
Wałbrzych, Poland
Professional information
SportBiathlon
ClubAZS-AWF Katowice
World Cup debut2017
Olympic Games
Teams2
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing  Poland
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Duszniki-Zdrój Pursuit
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Otepää 12.5 km individual
Gold medal – first place 2018 Otepää 7.5 km sprint
Silver medal – second place 2018 Otepää 10 km pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2019 Osrblie 7.5 km sprint
Junior European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Nové Město sprint

Career

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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

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Olympic Games

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0 medals

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
  2018 Pyeongchang 16th
  2022 Beijing 36th 53rd DNS 14th

World Championships

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0 medals

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay
  2019 Östersund 48th 46th 36th 7th
  2020 Antholz 84th 58th DNS 7th 17th 18th
  2021 Pokljuka 59th 29th 47th 6th 24th 26th
  2023 Oberhof 50th 56th 52nd 9th 22nd

Youth/Junior World Championships

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Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay
  2015 Raubichi-Minsk 50th 13th 58th 9th
  2016 Cheile Grădiştei 28th 11th 29th 5th
  2017 Osrblie 49th 27th 10th 10th
  2018 Otepää Gold Gold Silver 5th

Youth/Junior European Championships

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Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay
  2016 Pokljuka 37th 6th 8th
  2017 Nové Město 8th Bronze 12th


References

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  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.