Disciplines: | Slalom, giant slalom, super-G, combined |
Club: | Vojenské športové centrum Dukla Banská Bystrica |
Birth Date: | 25 August 2003 |
Birth Place: | Zvolen, Slovakia |
Height: | 1.6 m |
Wcdebut: | 14 January 2023 (age 19) |
Olympicteams: | 1 – (Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics) |
Olympicmedals: | 0 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Rebeka Jančová (born 25 August 2003) is a Slovak alpine ski racer. She competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[1]
Rebeka Jančová was born on 25 August 2003 in Zvolen.[2] She initially became interested in skiing because of her older sister Tereza Jančová. In 2012 at the age of 9, she joined the Levoča ski Club, which has been a part of Veronika Velez-Zuzulová academy since 2018.[3] She is also a member of the Dukla Banská Bystrica athletic club.[4]
Rebeka Jančová started competing internationally at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne. She finished 4th in combined, 8th in super-G and 14th and 15th in giant slalom and slalom respectively.[5]
At the age of 18 she qualified for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[6] She finished 12th in mixed team race together with Petra Hromcová, Adam Žampa and Andreas Žampa after losing 1 to 3 to the team USA. Additionally, she finished 39th in Woman's Super-G. She did not finish either slalom or giant slalom race.[7]
Jančová made her senior debut at the 2022–23 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup on 14 January 2023 at the age of 19.[8]