Jaroslav Soukup

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Jaroslav Soukup

Personal information
Full name	Jaroslav Soukup
Born	(1982-07-12) 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 2014 Sochi Mixed relay 2014 Sochi 10 km sprint World Championships 2012 Ruhpolding 20 km individual 2013 Nové Město Mixed relay Junior World Championships 2002 Ridnaun 4 × 7.5 km relay 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	—	—

External links

• Jaroslav Soukup at IBU
• Jaroslav Soukup at Olympedia
• Jaroslav Soukup at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech)