Jana Gereková

Jana Gereková
Association	Slovakia
birthday	November 27, 1984
place of birth	Liptovský Mikuláš,  Czechoslovakia
Career
job	Student
society	Liptovsky Hradok
Trainer	Milan Gašperčík
Debut in the European Cup / IBU Cup	2005
Debut in the World Cup	2005
status	resigned
End of career	2017
Medal table
SWM medals 0 × 1 × 0 × SWM medals 0 × 0 × 1 × SEM medals 0 × 1 × 1 ×
European biathlon championships silver 2016 Tyumen Mixed relay  Summer biathlon world championships bronze 2009 Oberhof singles  Summer biathlon European championships silver 2010 Osrblie sprint bronze 2010 Osrblie Mixed
World Cup balance
Overall World Cup	19. ( 2014/15 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3. Season 0 0 1
last change: December 5, 2017

Jana "Janka" Gereková (born November 27, 1984 in Liptovský Mikuláš ) is a former Slovak biathlete .

The student from Liptovská Porúbka has been practicing biathlon since 2000. She starts for Liptovský Hrádok and is coached by Milan Gašperčík. In 2002 she first competed in the Junior World Championships in Ridnaun and achieved 12th place in the individual as the best place. A year later she just missed a medal in Kościelisko as fourth in the individual. Also in 2004 in Haute-Maurienne , she achieved good placings in all three races and was always in the top ten. At the European Junior Championships of the year in Minsk, seventh place in the individual was her best result. In the summer of the year she started at the World Championships in Summer Biathlon in Osrblie and just barely missed the bronze medal in fourth place. At the Junior European Championship 2005 in Novosibirsk , Gereková again achieved her best result with the relay as fifth. The Junior World Championships in Kontiolahti did not produce any results worth mentioning.

Since the 2005/06 season Janka Gereková starts in the senior class. At first it was mainly used in the Biathlon European Cup . In Osrblie , however, she quickly made her debut in the Biathlon World Cup . She was 79th in the sprint. In the subsequent World Cup race in Oberhof , she achieved her second-best result in an individual race as 37th in the sprint. Highlight of the season was Gerekovás participation in the 2006 Olympic Games of Turin . She was used in San Sicario in the individual and reached rank 59. Shortly afterwards she entered the European Championship in Langdorf and finished 50th on the same route. In addition, she was thirteenth at the World Championships with the mixed relay in Pokljuka .

In 2007 the Slovakian was able to compete for the first time in Antholz at a Biathlon World Cup . In the sprint she was able to reach 66th place, with the relay she was 15. It went better at the EM in Bansko . With the relay Gereková reached seventh place, in the sprint she was 16th and in the pursuit she came 17th. In the summer of 2007, she started quite successfully at the World Championships in the summer biathlon in Otepää . In the cyclo-cross discipline, she was able to take fifth place in the sprint and mass start, on roller skis she was ninth in the sprint and fourth in the pursuit. Her best World Cup results so far are a 36th place in Pokljuka in the sprint in the 2006/07 season and a seventh place with the relay in the same season in Ruhpolding . Jana Gereková took part in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Her best results were 40th in the sprint and pursuit. With the relay she finished 13th. At the Summer Biathlon European Championships 2010 in Osrblie she won bronze in the mixed relay on the side of Natália Prekopová , Miroslav Matiaško and Matej Kazár . In addition, she won the silver medal in the sprint behind Irina Leukhina , but did not take part in the pursuit race.

In May 2017, she retired from her career due to ongoing health problems.

Biathlon World Cup placements

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).

• 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
• Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
• Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
• Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
• Relay: including mixed relays

placement	singles	sprint	persecution	Mass start	Season	total
1st place
2nd place
3rd place					1	1
Top 10		6th	3	2	24	35
Scoring	7th	39	29	13	50	138
Starts	25th	74	43	13	50	205
As of March 22, 2015

Web links

Commons : Jana Gereková  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Jana Gereková in the IBU database (English)
• Jana Gereková in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jana Gereková ukončila kariéru, nebude štartovať ani na ZOH 2018 . May 10, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2017.