Paulína Bátovská Fialková Explained

Paulína Bátovská Fialková
Birth Name:Paulína Fialková
Birth Date:1992 10, df=y
Birth Place:Brezno, Czechoslovakia (present-day Slovakia)
Disciplines:Biathlon
Club:Dukla Banská Bystrica
Wcdebut:2012
Olympicteams:3 (2014, 2018, 2022)
Olympicmedals:0
Olympicgolds:0
Worldsteams:9 (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023)
Worldsmedals:0
Worldsgolds:0
Wcseasons:7 (2013/14–)
Wcpodiums:9
Show-Medals:yes

Paulína Bátovská Fialková (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 fifth place in the 15 km individual event.[2]

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 Nové Město na Moravě.[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]

In the spring of 2022, Paulína Fialková married the former Slovak race walker Miloš Bátovský and has since started under the double name Bátovská Fialková.[10]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[11]

Olympic Games

0 medals

EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay
align=left 2014 Sochi72nd14th
align=left 2018 Pyeongchang5th11th38th21st5th20th
align=left 2022 Beijing42nd14th10th26th19th17th

World Championships

0 medals

EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay
align=left 2012 Ruhpolding86th8throwspan="5"
align=left 2013 Nové Město55th53rd8th
align=left 2015 Kontiolahti53rd88th18th17th
align=left 2016 Oslo76th49th23rd14th17th
align=left 2017 Hochfilzen27th31st12th10th8th12th
align=left 2019 Östersund5th48thDNS12th6th12th
align=left 24th16th17th15th17th
align=left 2021 Pokljuka50th13th41st21st18th21st
2023 Oberhof18th25th25th16th16th

World Cup

SeasonAgeOverallSprintPursuitIndividualMass start
RacesPointsPositionRacesPointsPositionRacesPointsPositionRacesPointsPositionRacesPointsPosition
2013/1421 9/22 48 61st 6/9 48 52nd 2/8 1/2 0/3
2014/1522 13/25 22 74th 8/10 13 72nd 2/7 7 73rd 3/3 2 68th 0/5
2015/1623 16/25 201 35th 6/9 31 61st 5/8 93 28th 3/3 36 26th 2/5 41 32nd
2016/1724 18/26 292 31st 8/9 79 39th 6/9 141 25th 2/3 14 53rd 2/5 58 28th
2017/1825 16/22 247 32nd 7/8 72 39th 5/7 49 44th 2/2 44 15th 2/5 82 21st
2018/1926 23/25 687 6th 8/9 228 7th 7/8 154 17th 3/3 111 align=center bgcolor="silver"2nd 5/5 194 3rd
2019/2027 19/21 489 13th 8/8 191 10th 4/5 149 6th 2/3 17 45th 5/5 132 11th
2020/2128 12/26 118 52nd 7/10 75 43rd 4/8 43 46th 1/3 0/5
2021/2229 6/9 30 49th 4/4 7 58th 1/3 21 36th 1/1 2 39th 0/1

Overall record

ResultIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed
relay
Total
Individual eventsTeam eventsAll events
align=left 1st place
align=left 2nd place 2 2 4 4
align=left 3rd place 2 2 15 5
align=left Podiums 2 4 3 9 9
align=left Top 10
align=left Points
align=left Others
align=left
align=left
align=left Starts

Individual podiums

SeasonPlace Competition Placement
Mass start align=center bgcolor="silver"2nd
Pursuit align=center style="background:#cfaa88;"3rd
Pursuit align=center bgcolor="silver"2nd
Sprint align=center style="background:#cfaa88;"3rd
Mass start align=center bgcolor="silver"2nd
Mass start align=center style="background:#cfaa88;"3rd
Sprint align=center style="background:#cfaa88;"3rd
Pursuit align=center bgcolor="silver"2nd
Pursuit align=center style="background:#cfaa88;"3rd

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paulina Fialkova . Sochi2014.com . . 16 February 2014 . 5 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140205225146/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-paulina-fialkova . dead.
  2. Web site: Dve Slovenky siahali na medailu, jedna ju získala. Ako vyzerali vytrvalostné preteky . Two Slovak women reached for a medal, one won it. What the endurance race looked like . sport.sme.sk . sk . 15 February 2018 . 15 February 2018 . 25 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180325171337/https://sport.sme.sk/c/20761266/foto-kuzminova-ma-striebro-vytrvalostne-preteky-zoh.html . live.
  3. Web site: Paulína Fialková sa stala majsterkou sveta v letnom biatlone . Paulína Fialková became world champion in summer biathlon . sport.sme.sk . sk . 6 May 2019 . 26 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180826114415/https://sport.sme.sk/c/20900035/letny-biatlon-paulina-fialkova-sa-stala-majsterkou-sveta.html . live.
  4. Web site: Úspešná biatlonistka Paulína Fialková je študentkou Právnickej Fakulty UMB | Marec 2016 | Univerzita Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici . Successful biathlete Paulína Fialková is a student of the Faculty of Law of UMB | March 2016 | Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica . www.umb.sk . sk . 6 May 2019 . 6 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190506182700/https://www.umb.sk/univerzita/verejnost-a-media/umb-v-mediach/rok-2016/marec-2016/uspesna-biatlonistka-paulina-fialkova-je-studentkou-pravnickej-fakulty-umb.html . live.
  5. Web site: Právnická fakulta Univerzity Mateja Bela – oficiálna stránka . Faculty of Law, Matej Bel University – official website . facebook.com . sk . 6 May 2019 . 31 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190531124238/https://www.facebook.com/prfumb/posts/1155708511247083 . live.
  6. Web site: Paulína Fialková . facebook.com . 6 May 2019 . 1 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190601105631/https://www.facebook.com/fialkovapaulina/posts/1849350045146616 . live.
  7. Web site: CRZP – detail kniha: DZB - Zverejnená bakalárska práca: Držanie strelných zbraní a streliva na športové úcely . CRZP – book detail: DZB - Published bachelor thesis: Possession of firearms and ammunition for sporting purposes . opac.crzp.sk . sk . 6 May 2019 . 14 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200514150646/https://opac.crzp.sk/?fn=detailBiblioForm&sid=6A3A32DBBC315C829B8EC4846172&seo=CRZP-detail-kniha . live.
  8. Web site: CRZP – detail kniha: DDP - Zverejnená diplomová práca: Medzinárodnoprávna úprava a kontrolné mechanizmy dopingu v športe . CRZP – book detail: DDP - Published diploma thesis: International regulation and control mechanisms of doping in sport . opac.crzp.sk . sk . 6 May 2019 . 14 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200514153519/https://opac.crzp.sk/?fn=detailBiblioForm&sid=A2AE630F8671AF55867401373D6F&seo=CRZP-detail-kniha . live.
  9. Web site: Slovenka roka 2019: Ktorá žena sa stala tou absolútnou víťazkou? . Slovak of the Year 2019: Which woman became the absolute winner? . Diva.sk . sk . 6 May 2019 . 6 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190506121543/https://diva.aktuality.sk/clanok/58284/slovenka-roka-2019-vitazky-vitazi-absolutnou-sa-stala-andrea-gontkovicova/ . live.
  10. Web site: Nächste Traumhochzeit im Biathlon-Zirkus . Next dream wedding in the biathlon circus . sport.de . de . 2022-05-25 . 2022-08-25.
  11. Web site: Paulína Fialková . IBU Datacenter . International Biathlon Union . 17 April 2016.