Veronika Vadovičová Explained
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
She 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]
Notes and References
- Web site: Slovakia's Veronika Vadovicova wins 1st Paralympic gold . 15 September 2021 . chinadaily.com.cn.
- Web site: Veronika Vadovicova - Shooting Paralympic Athlete Profile. 2021-09-15. International Paralympic Committee. en.
- Web site: Shooting: VADOVICOVA, Veronika . 15 September 2021 . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . . 11 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210911101057/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/shooting/athlete-profile-n1720064-vadovicova-veronika.htm . dead .
- Web site: 5 September 2021 . Vadovičová wins fourth Paralympic gold in final Tokyo 2020 shooting event . 15 September 2021 . insidethegames.biz.
- News: Vadovicova seals triple World Cup gold in USA . . 10 June 2014 . 12 December 2014 . live . 13 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141213035522/http://www.paralympic.org/news/vadovicova-seals-triple-world-cup-gold-usa . dmy-all.
- News: Vadovicova and Skelhon to go head-to-head at last shooting World Cup before worlds . . 6 March 2014 . 12 December 2014 . live . 13 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141213035654/http://paralympics.org.uk/news/vadovicova-and-skelhon-to-go-head-to-head-at-last-shooting-world-cup-before . dmy-all.
- News: Slovakia's Veronika Vadovicova wins 1st Paralympic gold . . . 7 September 2008 . 12 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141213040021/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/paralympics/2008-09/07/content_7005817.htm . live . 13 December 2014 . dmy-all.
- News: 24 October 2013 . 12 December 2014 . Vadovicova fires way to third gold and European record . Gary Anderson . Inside the Games . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140816233137/http://www.insidethegames.biz/paralympics/summer-sports/shooting/1016650-vadovicova-fires-way-to-third-gold-and-european-record . 16 August 2014 . dmy-all.
- News: Vadovicova breaks world record at shooting World Cup . IPC . 15 March 2014 . 9 April 2017.
- Web site: Lambert takes Silver in UAE . 21 June 2021 . Disability Shooting Great Britain . en-GB.