Veronika Velez-Zuzulová
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| Disciplines | Slalom | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Vojenské športové centrum Dukla Banská Bystrica | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
15 July 1984 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 28 October 2000 (age 16) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | zuzulova.com | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 3 – (2002, 2006, 2010) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 7 – (2001, 2005-15) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 16th – (2001–13, '15–17) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 4 – (3 SL, 1 PSL)) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 26 – (24 SL, 2 PSL)) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (12th in 2013) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (2nd in SL, 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Veronika Velez-Zuzulová (née Zuzulová; born 15 July 1984) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovakia. Born in Bratislava, she specialises in the slalom and is the most successful Slovak alpine skier in recent years. She is coached by her father, Timotej Zuzula, and Vladimír Kovár.
Velez-Zuzulová started skiing at age 3; at 14 she won the Trofeo Topolino in Italy, an unofficial children's world championship.
European Cup
She started competing in the European Cup since the 2000/2001 season, and she was 1st place on 21 December 2003, 23 February 2004 and 19 December 2006, and 3rd place on 6 and 22 February 2004.[1]
World championships
At the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, she scored 9th place in super combined, 13th place in slalom and 21st place in giant slalom.
World Cup
Velez Zuzulová made her World Cup debut in a giant slalom at Sölden, Austria, on 28 October 2000. In November 2002, she started competing in slalom. Her first greater success was in 2002 when she became the world champion in Junior Championships. Her first run in super combination was in 2006.
Through November 2015, she has 20 World Cup podiums with two victories, all in slalom (or parallel slalom).[2] Her best results in the World Cup season standings came in the 2013 season, where she finished third in slalom and 12th overall; she also finished third in slalom in 2008.
Season results
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Combined |
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| 2002 | 17 | 68 | 23 | — | — |
| 2003 | 18 | injured | |||
| 2004 | 19 | 42 | 15 | — | — |
| 2005 | 20 | 37 | 9 | — | — |
| 2006 | 21 | 77 | 28 | — | 44 |
| 2007 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 32 | 37 |
| 2008 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 41 | — |
| 2009 | 24 | 65 | 22 | — | — |
| 2010 | 25 | 94 | 36 | — | — |
| 2011 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 42 | — |
| 2012 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 42 | — |
| 2013 | 28 | 12 | 3 | — | — |
| 2014 | 29 | injured | |||
| 2015 | 30 | 24 | 6 | — | — |
| 2016 | 31 | 13 | 2 | — | — |
Race podiums
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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| 2004 | 8 Feb 2004 |  Zwiesel, Germany | Slalom | 3rd |
| 2007 | 7 Jan 2007 |  Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Slalom | 3rd |
| 25 Feb 2007 |  Sierra Nevada, Spain | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 17 Mar 2007 |  Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 2008 | 6 Jan 2008 |  Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic | Slalom | 2nd |
| 13 Jan 2008 | Maribor, Slovenia | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 15 Feb 2008 |  Zagreb, Croatia | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 14 Mar 2008 |  Bormio, Italy | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2011 | 4 Feb 2011 | Zwiesel, Germany | Slalom | 2nd |
| 18 Mar 2011 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 2012 | 22 Jan 2012 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Slalom | 3rd |
| 10 Mar 2012 |  Åre, Sweden | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 17 Mar 2012 |  Schladming, Austria | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2013 | 29 Dec 2012 | Semmering, Austria | Slalom | 1st |
| 1 Jan 2013 | Munich, Germany | Parallel slalom | 1st | |
| 29 Jan 2013 |  Moscow, Russia | Parallel slalom | 2nd | |
| 2015 | 22 Feb 2015 | Maribor, Slovenia | Slalom | 2nd |
| 14 Mar 2015 | Åre, Sweden | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 21 Mar 2015 |  Méribel, France | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 2016 | 28 Nov 2015 |  Aspen, USA | Slalom | 2nd |
| 5 Jan 2016 | Santa Caterina, Italy | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 12 Jan 2016 | Flachau, Austria | Slalom | 1st | |
| 15 Jan 2016 | Slalom | 1st | ||
| 6 Mar 2016 |  Jasná, Slovakia | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 19 Mar 2016 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2017 | 27 Nov 2016 | Killington, USA | Slalom | 2nd |
World Championship results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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| 2001 | 16 | DNF1 | 34 | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 18 | injured, did not compete | ||||
| 2005 | 20 | DSQ1 | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 22 | 13 | 21 | — | — | 9 |
| 2009 | 24 | — | DNS1 | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 26 | 10 | 15 | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 28 | 7 | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 30 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
Olympic results 
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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| 2002 | 17 | DNF1 | 32 | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 21 | 22 | — | — | — | 15 |
| 2010 | 25 | 10 | DNS2 | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 29 | injured, did not compete | ||||
References
- ↑ Veronika Zuzulová at Osobnosti.sk(Slovak)
- ↑ Zuzulová's career statistics at fis-ski.com Archived 26 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
External links
- Veronika Velez-Zuzulová at the International Ski Federation
- FIS-ski.com – Veronika Zuzulová – World Cup season standings
- Ski-db.com – results – Veronika Zuzulová
- Veronika Velez-Zuzulová at Sports Reference – Olympic results
- Official website (Slovak)