Rebeka Jančová

Rebeka Jančová
Jančová at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Personal information
Born (2003-08-25) 25 August 2003
Zvolen, Slovakia
Height1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Skiing career
Country Slovakia
SportAlpine skiing
ClubVojenské športové centrum Dukla Banská Bystrica
DisciplinesSlalom, giant slalom, super-G, combined
World Cup debut
14 January 2023 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2022, 2026)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams2 – (2023–2025)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons4 – (2023–2026)

Rebeka Jančová (born 25 August 2003) is a Slovak alpine ski racer. She competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[1]

Rebeka Jančová was born on 25 August 2003 in Zvolen.[2] She initially became interested in skiing because of her older sister Tereza Jančová. In 2012, at the age of 9, she joined the Levoča ski Club, which has been a part of Veronika Velez-Zuzulová academy since 2018.[3] She is also a member of the Dukla Banská Bystrica athletic club.[4]

Career

Rebeka Jančová started competing internationally at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne. She finished 4th in combined, 8th in super-G and 14th and 15th in giant slalom and slalom respectively.[5]

At the age of 18, she qualified for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[6] She finished 12th in mixed team race together with Petra Hromcová, Adam Žampa and Andreas Žampa after losing 1 to 3 to the team USA. Additionally, she finished 39th in Women's Super-G. She did not finish either slalom or giant slalom race.[7]

Jančová made her senior debut at the 2022–23 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup on 14 January 2023 at the age of 19.[8]

World Championships results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom		 Super-G Downhill Combined Team
combined		 Parallel Team
 event 
202319—32———N/a—14
202521—32——N/a—N/a—

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom		 Super-G Downhill Combined Team
combined		 Team
 event 
202218DNF1DNF239——N/a12
202622—DNF121—N/a—N/a

References

  1. ↑ "Rebeka Jančová". olympic.sk.
  2. ↑ "Rebeka Jančová o veľkom úspechu, premiérovej sezóne v EP, tréningu s Vlhovou, drine a peniazoch". myzvolen.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Rubrika: Jančová obdivuje mužské lyžovanie, túži po úspechu na ZOH" (in Slovak). Zväz slovenského lyžovania. 19 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Cieľavedomá mladá lyžiarska nádej Rebeka Jančová a jej cesta za úspechmi | Dukla - Vojenské športové centrum" (in Slovak). 8 September 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Ivánková, Stanislava. "Mladí Slováci ukázali, že môžu získavať medaily aj v budúcnosti. Aj v hokeji". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Veľký slovenský talent? Zaujala na pretekoch, ktoré vyhrala aj Shiffrinová". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Rebeka Jančová's results page". olympics.com.
  8. ↑ "Svetový pohár: Jančová má za sebou debut, teší sa na juniorské MS". Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia. 16 January 2023.
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