Jaroslav Soukup

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Jaroslav Soukup
Personal information
Full name Jaroslav Soukup
Born 12 July 1982
Jičín, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Professional information
Club SKP Jablonex
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Representing Czech Republic
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi Mixed relay
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi 10 km sprint
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Ruhpolding 20 km individual
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Nové Město Mixed relay
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2002 Ridnaun 4 × 7.5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Kościelisko 4 × 7.5 km relay

Jaroslav Soukup (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjaroslaf ˈsoukup], born 12 July 1982) is a retired Czech biathlete.

Career

His first World Cup podium was in Östersund at the pursuit competition on 4 December 2011.

Soukup won a bronze medal in biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics in sprint and a silver medal in the Mixed relay (together with Ondřej Moravec, Gabriela Soukalová and Veronika Vítková).

Olympic Games

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay Mixed Relay
2010 Vancouver 30th 52nd 51st – 7th —
2014 Sochi 17th Bronze 20th 24th 11th Silver
2018 Pyeongchang – – – – 7th –

World Championships

2 medals (2 bronze)

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay
2007 Antholz-Anterselva 53rd 32nd 33rd — 5th — —
2008 Östersund — 58th 49th — 7th 12th —
2009 Pyeongchang 11th 37th 47th — 10th — —
2010 Khanty-Mansiysk — — — — — 7th —
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 79th 76th — — 10th — —
2012 Ruhpolding Bronze 43rd 21st 11th 9th — —
2013 Nové Město 39th 27th — — 6th Bronze —
2015 Kontiolahti 36th 11th 18th 28th 6th — —
2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 23rd 60th 41st — 5th — —