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Czech Republic at the 2023 Winter World University Games

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Czech Republic at the
2023 Winter World University Games
IOC codeCZE
in Lake Placid
12 January 2023 (2023-01-12) – 22 January 2023 (2023-01-22)
Competitors93 in 12 sports
Flag bearerTomáš Klinský[1]
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
5
Silver
1
Bronze
6
Total
12

The Czech Republic competed at the 2023 Winter World University Games in Lake Placid, from January 12 to January 22, 2023. This was be the Czech Republic's sixteenth appearance at the FISU Winter World University Games, having competed at every Games since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993.

The team won 12 medals, the best result at the FISU Winter World University Games since 2013 and twice the number of the previous games in Krasnoyarsk.[2]

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 6 2 8
Biathlon 4 4 8
Cross-country skiing 4 3 7
Curling 5 0 5
Figure skating 1 1 2
Freestyle skiing 2 1 3
Ice hockey 23 23 46
Nordic combined 1 0 1
Short track speed skating 1 1 2
Ski jumping 1 0 1
Snowboarding 5 3 8
Speed skating 0 2 2
Total 53 40 93

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Jan Zabystřan Alpine Skiing Men's super-G 14 January
 Gold Tereza Jandová
Jakub Kocián
Biathlon Single mixed relay 16 January
 Gold Jan Zabystřan Alpine Skiing Men's giant slalom 18 January
 Gold Jan Zabystřan Alpine Skiing Men's slalom 21 January
 Gold Kristýna Otcovská Biathlon Women's mass start 21 January
 Silver Jakub Žerava Snowboarding Men's snowboard cross 13 January
 Bronze Veronika Antošová Speed skating Women's 1500 m 13 January
 Bronze Tereza Jandová Biathlon Women's short individual 14 January
 Bronze Jan Zabystřan Alpine Skiing Men's combined 16 January
 Bronze Tereza Jandová Biathlon Women's sprint 18 January
 Bronze Vojtěch Břeský Freestyle skiing Men's big air 20 January
 Bronze Women's ice hockey team Ice hockey Women 21 January

Alpine skiing

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In alpine skiing, the Czech team recorded four medals, including three golds, thanks to Jan Zabystřan,[3] who tied for fourth place among the multi-medalists of the games.[4][5]

Men
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jan Zabystřan Super-G 58.35 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Combined 56.82 1 46.56 10 1:43.38 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Giant Slalom 59.86 1 1:01.37 2 2:01.23 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Slalom 53.27 3 58.11 2 1:51.38 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Tomáš Klinský Super-G 59.49 10
Combined 58.06 14 48.51 30 1:46.57 22
Giant Slalom DNF DNF
Slalom DNS DNS
David Kubeš Super-G 59.96 13
Combined DNF DNF
Giant Slalom 1:03.18 32 DNF DNF
Slalom DNF DNF
Ondřej Surkoš Super-G 1:00.56 25
Combined DNF DNF
Giant Slalom 1:02.90 28 DNF DNF
Slalom DNF DNF
Adam Klíma Super-G 1:01.06 31
Combined 58.57 19 DNF DNF
Slalom DNF DNF
Eduard Fiala Super-G DNF
Combined 1:00.18 42 47.82 25 1:48.00 30
Giant Slalom 1:05.08 51 1:06.58 31 2:11.66 31
Slalom 56.30 39 DNF DNF
Women
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Klára Gašparíková Super-G 53.31 8
Giant Slalom 1:07.14 26 1:03.40 6 2:10.54 23
Slalom DNF DNF
Aneta Vetrová Super-G 55.20 23
Giant Slalom DNF DNF
Mixed
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jan Zabystřan
Ondřej Surkoš
Klára Gašparíková
second woman not entered
Mixed team parallel  United States
L 2–2
Did not advance 9

Biathlon

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Tereza Jandová, Kristýna Otcovská and Jakub Kocián added four medals together to the tally of the Czech team.[6][7]

Men
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Jakub Kocián Short individual 44:08.7 1 (0+0+0+1) 4
Sprint 29:11.8 2 (0+2) 13
Pursuit 37:31.4 2 (0+0+2+0) 7
Mass start 43:49.0 0 (0+0+0+0) 18
Jakub Kabrda Short individual 47:08.2 6 (2+2+2+0) 14
Sprint 28.47.1 3 (1+2) 9
Pursuit 38:47.6 6 (3+0+2+1) 11
Mass start 43:08.3 6 (1+2+2+1) 15
Michal Zaoral Short individual 48:45.6 5 (0+3+0+2) 22
Sprint 30:39.4 5 (2+3) 20
Pursuit 42:13.4 4 (1+1+1+1) 21
Mass start 42:33.9 2 (0+1+0+1) 13
Luděk Abraham Sprint 29:22.8 3 (0+3) 15
Pursuit 40:21.5 7 (4+1+2+0) 19
Mass start 40:53.7 3 (1+0+0+2) 5
Women
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Tereza Jandová Short individual 43:46.6 3 (0+2+0+1) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sprint 25:01.3 2 (0+2) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pursuit DNS
Mass start DNS
Kristýna Otcovská Short individual 46:58.1 6 (1+3+1+1) 8
Sprint 25:21.9 3 (2+1) 6
Pursuit 33:41.9 6 (0+1+3+2) 4
Mass start 41:11.6 3 (3+0+0+0) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Lenka Bártová Short individual 48:23.4 5 (1+2+0+2) 19
Sprint 26:34.1 3 (0+3) 18
Pursuit 34:57.6 1 (0+1+0+0) 9
Mass start 42:52.2 3 (0+0+1+2) 9
Veronika Novotná Short individual 49:03.9 6 (2+3+0+1) 23
Sprint 25:55.8 3 (0+3) 10
Pursuit 35:04.3 4 (2+1+1+0) 12
Mass start 42:41.1 3 (0+0+2+1) 8
Mixed
Athletes Event Time Misses Rank
Tereza Jandová,
Jakub Kocián
Single mixed relay 37:25.3 0+3 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Cross-country skiing

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Cross country skiers finished several times close to the medal standings, especially in the men's relay.[8]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tomáš Dufek 10 km classical 25:13.6 5
10 km free pursuit 48:31.0 6
Sprint freestyle 3:09.86 21 4:13.12 6 Did not advance 28
Kryštof Zatloukal 10 km classical 25:51.8 16
10 km free pursuit 48:44.2 9
Sprint freestyle 3:11.84 25 3:12.76 4 Did not advance 19
30 km free mass start DNF
Tomáš Lukeš 10 km classical 26:24.2 30
10 km free pursuit 49:22.8 15
Sprint freestyle 2:33.15 33 Did not advance 33
Daniel Hozák 10 km classical 27:05.8 46
10 km free pursuit 51:30.4 43
Sprint freestyle 2:35.29 40 Did not advance 40
30 km free mass start 1:21:20.5 37
Kryštof Zatloukal
Tomáš Dufek
Daniel Hozák
Tomáš Lukeš
4×7.5 km relay 1:18:14.2 4
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Pavlína Votočková 5 km classical 14:23.1 15
5 km free pursuit 26:55.0 9
Sprint freestyle 2:57.66 15 3:00.13 3 did not advance 14
15 km free mass start DNF
Adéla Nováková 5 km classical 14:32.8 20
5 km free pursuit 27:06.4 13
Sprint freestyle 2:55.56 10 2:57.41 2 3:00.49 6 DNA 11
15 km free mass start 41:19.1 11
Barbora Antošová Sprint freestyle 2:53.04 4 2:57.51 2 3:00.39 5 DNA 9
Barbora Antošová
Pavlína Votočková
Adéla Nováková
3×5 km relay 45:29.5 8
Mixed
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Kryštof Zatloukal
Adéla Nováková
Mixed team sprint classic 21:05.74 3 DNS
Tomáš Dufek
Barbora Antošová
Mixed team sprint classic 20:46.80 8 21:56.95 10

Curling

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After a good start beating Brazil, the Czech men failed to win any other game and finished ninth.[9]

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Rank
David Jakl
Marek Bříza
David Škácha
Aleš Hercok
David Verner
Men  Brazil
W 6–3
 Canada
L 1–8
 Great Britain
L 6–7
 Sweden
L 7–9
 United States
L 4–8
 Switzerland
L 3–8
 South Korea
L 3–6
 Norway
L 6–8
 Japan
L 4–9
9 Did not advance 9

Figure skating

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Two Czech figure skaters participated in Lake Placid, both advancing to the free skating.[10]

Athletes Event SP FS Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Petr Kotlařík Men 57.52 22 101.44 21 158.96 21
Nikola Rychtaříková Women 46.34 20 79.19 19 125.53 19

Freestyle skiing

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After finishing without medals in the slopestyle final, both Jan Ferbr and Vojtěch Břeský advanced to the finals of the big air event. Břeský performed a double cork 1080 and a switch 1080 and won bronze medal, with Ferbr finishing fifth.[11][12] Klára Kašparová, one of the three athletes from the Brno University of Technology at the games, finished fourth as she failed to start well and did not find a way to pass Canada's Elizabeth Anne Filiatrault.[13]

Ski cross
Athlete Event Qualification Panel heats Semifinal Final Final rank
Time Rank Heat ranks Points Rank Position Position
Klára Kašparová Women's ski cross 2:05.27 6 3 – 1 – 2 – 2 8 5 2 4 4
Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Rank
Vojtěch Břeský Men's big air 72.50 79.75 79.75 6 84.00 74.00 50.50 158.00 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's slopestyle 77.50 88.50 88.50 4 62.00 84.00 84.00 6
Jan Ferbr Men's big air 77.00 72.25 77.00 7 60.50 68.50 46.50 129.00 5
Men's slopestyle 51.75 74.75 74.75 9 58.00 68.75 68.75 9

Ice hockey

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The bronze for the Czech women was the first FISU World University Games ice hockey medal for Czechia in 18 years.[2] The men's team was close to the semifinals after winning the first three games, but defeats to Canada and Ukraine at the end of the group stopped them.[14]

Men's tournament

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Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Rank
Czech Republic men's team Men  Sweden
W 7–2
 Japan
W 5–1
 Latvia
L 3–4 GWS
 Canada
L 0–4
 Ukraine
L 1–3
4 did not advance 7
Roster

Women's tournament

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Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BR
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Rank
Czech Republic women's team Women  Great Britain
W 13–0
 United States
L 2–8
 Canada
L 1–5
 Japan
W 3–1
 Slovakia
W 2–1
2  Japan
L 0–3
 Slovakia
W 3–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Roster

Nordic combined

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In Nordic combined, Matěj Fardhons started the first race with a great ski jumping round. Behind Japan's Sakutaro Kobayashi, who was by far unbeatable in Lake Placid, he was in third place, but in the cross country he fell down to the seventh place.[15] In the second race, Fadrhons did not finish the mass start cross country round.[16]

Individual
Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country Ski jumping Total
Distance Points Rank Deficit Time Rank Distance Points Rank Total Points Rank
Matěj Fadrhons Men's individual Gundersen normal hill/10 km 88.0 106.3 3 +2:09 24:54.4 10 7
Men's individual mass start 10 km/normal hill DNF DNS DNF

Short track speed skating

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With two athletes, both recovering from medical issues,[17] Czech team did not record prominent results in short track speed skating.[18]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Time Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Radek Fajkus 500 m 42.317 1 42.227 3 42.008 5 Did not advance 19
1000 m 1:29.859 4 Did not advance 33
1500 m 2:28.449 3 Did not advance 22
Women
Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Petra Vaňková 500 m DNS
1500 m 2:38.380 2 PEN DNA 20

Ski jumping

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The only Czech ski jumper František Holík attempted to finish in the top ten, but did not succeed.[19][20]

Individual
Athlete Event First round Final Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
František Holík Men's normal hill 81.0 102.7 11 85.5 97.9 13 200.6 12

Snowboarding

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Jakub Žerava and Bruno Tatarko advanced to the final stages of the men's snowboard cross event, with Žerava winning silver losing only to France's Benjamin Gattaz.[21]

Kristián Salač performed great in both his events qualifications, but failed to prevail in the finals,[22] despite having a great form as he confirmed soon after at the world championships, where he finished fifth in big air.[23]

Snowboard cross
Athlete Event Qualification Heats Semifinal Final Final Rank
Time Rank Points Position Position Position
Jakub Žerava Men's snowboard cross 55.71 6 13 7 2 2 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Bruno Tatarko 56.40 8 13 8 3 DNF 8
Matouš Šmerák 57.69 11 10 12 Did not advance 12
Natalie Mullen Women's snowboard cross 1:01.48 5 11 10 Did not advance 10
Vendula Burešová 1:05.40 13 DNS Did not advance 13
Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Rank
Kristián Salač Men's slopestyle 87.00 51.00 87.00 2 73.00 24.75 73.00 5
Men's big air 86.00 21.25 86.00 1 34.50 30.75 67.25 101.75 9
Parallel Giant Slalom
Athlete Event Elimination Run 1/8 Finals Quarterfinals Semifinal Final Final Rank
Time Rank
Adam Počinek Men's parallel giant slalom 1:04.09 13  Hong Seungyeong (KOR)
L +1.22
Did not advance 9
Men's parallel slalom 1:10.69 9  Ma Junho (KOR)
W -0.19
 Mychajlo Charuk (UKR)
L DSQ
Did not advance 8
Klára Šonková Women's parallel giant slalom 1:05.70 13  Jang Seohee (KOR)
L +0.31
Did not advance 15
Women's parallel slalom 1:15.68 11  Elisa Fava (ITA)
L +1.63
Did not advance 11

Speed skating

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Veronika Antošová won a bronze medal in the 1500 metres race, while Zuzana Kuršová's results were less satisfactory.[17][24]

Athlete Event Final
Points Time Rank
Veronika Antošová 500 m 41.346 12
1000 m 1:23.66 7
1500 m 2:06.63 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
3000 m 4:34.14 5
Mass start 2 (10:00.13) 10
Zuzana Kuršová 1500 m 2:11.78 15
3000 m 4:43.80 11
Mass start 1 (10:00.06) 11

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Českou výpravu na oficiálním zahájení ZSUH 2023 povede sjezdař Tomáš Klinský". CAUS.cz (in Czech). 2023-01-12. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  2. ^ a b "Vůbec to nechápu, hodnotí univerziádu Zabystřan. Češi v Lake Placid zdvojnásobili zisk medailí". ČT sport - Česká televize (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  3. ^ "Třikrát zlatý a jednou bronzový Jan Zabystřan je hvězdou zimní univerziády v Lake Placid - Česká zemědělská univerzita" (in Czech). 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  4. ^ "Lake Placid 2023 Results". www.lakeplacid2023.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 2018. Retrieved 2024-07-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Alpine Skiing : Final Results Book (PDF). Lausanne: FISU, International University Sports Federation. 2023-01-21.
  6. ^ Biathlon : Full Results Book (PDF). Lausanne: FISU, International University Sports Federation. 2023-01-21.
  7. ^ Hermann, Tomáš (2023-01-22). "Kristýna Otcovská to dokázala! Vyhrála Univerziádu v Lake Placid. Luděk Abrahám pátý". Biatlon. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  8. ^ Cross Country Skiing : Final Results Book (PDF). Lausanne: FISU, International University Sports Federation. 2023-01-21.
  9. ^ Curling : Final Results Book (PDF). Lausanne: FISU, International University Sports Federation. 2023-01-21.
  10. ^ Figure Skating : Final Results Book (PDF). Lausanne: FISU, International University Sports Federation. 2023-01-21.
  11. ^ "Cinklo to na Univerziádě 2023! Vojta Břeský je bronzový v big airu". Freeride.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  12. ^ Freestyle & Freeski : Final Results Book (PDF). Lausanne: FISU, International University Sports Federation. 2023-01-21.
  13. ^ "Světové univerzitní hry v Lake Placid". VUT : CESA [Centre of Sport Activities] (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  14. ^ Ice Hockey : Final Results Book (PDF). Lausanne: FISU, International University Sports Federation. 2023-01-21.
  15. ^ "Sdruženář Fadrhons na Univerziádě útočil na medaili, v posledním okruhu ztratil kontakt". CZECH SKI. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  16. ^ Nordic Combined : Final Results Book (PDF). Lausanne: FISU, International University Sports Federation. 2023-01-21.
  17. ^ a b Létal, Theodor (2023-01-25). "Zimní světové univerzitní hry 2023, Lake Placid – Veronika Antošová veze domů bronz! - Český svaz rychlobruslení" (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  18. ^ Short Track Speed Skating : Final Results Book (PDF). Lausanne: FISU, International University Sports Federation. 2023-01-21.
  19. ^ "Univerziáda: Holík bojoval o elitní desítku, triumfoval Vassiljev". CZECH SKI. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  20. ^ Ski Jumping : Final Results Book (PDF). Lausanne: FISU, International University Sports Federation. 2023-01-21.
  21. ^ "Zabystřan vyhrál na univerziádě super-G, Žerava byl druhý ve snowboardcrossu". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 2023-01-14. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  22. ^ Snowboard : Final Results Book (PDF). Lausanne: FISU, International University Sports Federation. 2023-01-21.
  23. ^ "Historický úspěch českého freestyle snowboardingu! Kristián Salač si dojel ve finále Big Airu na MS pro páté místo". CZECH SKI. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  24. ^ Speed Skating: Final Results Book (PDF). Lausanne: FISU, International University Sports Federation. 2023-01-21.