Veronika Vadovicova

Veronika Vadovičová
Personal information
Born (1983-02-09) February 9, 1983
Trnava, Slovakia
Medal record
Representing  Slovakia
Women's Shooting sport
Paralympic Games
2008 Beijing Women's 10 metre air rifle standing SH1
2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's 10 metre air rifle standing SH1
2016 Rio de Janeiro Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1
2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1
2012 London Women's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1

Veronika Vadovičová (born February 9, 1983) is a Slovakian Paralympic shooter who won 3 golds at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning, Georgia[1] where she competed against Matt Skelhon.[2] In 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China, she won gold medal for her participation at the 10 meter SH1. Prior to it, she was a gold medalist at the 2006 World Shooting Championships where she competed in three-position 50-meter rifle event.[3] On October 24, 2014 she won a gold medal at the 2014 IPC Shooting European Championships.[4]

On March 15, 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.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Vadovicova seals triple World Cup gold in USA". IPC. June 10, 2014. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Vadovicova and Skelhon to go head-to-head at last shooting World Cup before worlds". BPA. March 6, 2014. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Slovakia's Veronika Vadovicova wins 1st Paralympic gold". China Daily. Xinhua News Agency. September 7, 2008. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  4. ↑ Gary Anderson (October 24, 2013). "Vadovicova fires way to third gold and European record". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on August 16, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  5. ↑ https://www.paralympic.org/news/vadovicova-breaks-world-record-shooting-world-cup


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