Veronika Vadovičová (born 9 February 1983) is a Slovak Paralympic shooter. In 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China, she won gold medalint the 10 meter SH1.[1] She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, winning two gold medals and a silver medal.[2] She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Mixed R6 50 metre rifle prone SH1, winning a gold medal.[3][4]
Career
editShe won 3 golds at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning, Georgia[5] where she competed against Matt Skelhon.[6] She was a gold medalist at the 2006 World Shooting Championships where she competed in three-position 50-meter rifle event.[7] On 24 October 2014 she won a gold medal at the 2014 IPC Shooting European Championships.[8]
On 15 March 2016 Vadovičová broke the R3 (mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1) qualification world record, on the opening day of competition, at the IPC Shooting World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand.[9]
Vadovičová took the gold medal in the 2017 Para Sport World Cup held in the UAE beating Lorraine Lambert who gained the silver position.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Slovakia's Veronika Vadovicova wins 1st Paralympic gold". chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Veronika Vadovicova - Shooting | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Shooting: VADOVICOVA, Veronika". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Vadovičová wins fourth Paralympic gold in final Tokyo 2020 shooting event". insidethegames.biz. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Vadovicova seals triple World Cup gold in USA". IPC. 10 June 2014. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ "Vadovicova and Skelhon to go head-to-head at last shooting World Cup before worlds". BPA. 6 March 2014. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ "Slovakia's Veronika Vadovicova wins 1st Paralympic gold". China Daily. Xinhua News Agency. 7 September 2008. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ Gary Anderson (24 October 2013). "Vadovicova fires way to third gold and European record". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ "Vadovicova breaks world record at shooting World Cup". IPC. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Lambert takes Silver in UAE". Disability Shooting Great Britain. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
External links
edit- Veronika Vadovicova at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link)
- Veronika Vadovicova at the International Paralympic Committee
- Veronika Vadovičová at the Slovenský Paralympijský Výbor [sk] (in Slovak)
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