Veronika Valette-Zuzulová ( Zuzulová; born 15 July 1984) is a retired Slovak alpine ski racer. Born in Bratislava, she specialised in the slalom and was the most successful Slovak alpine skier before Petra Vlhová. She was coached by her father Timotej Zuzula and Vladimír Kovár. In april 2012, she married coach Romain Velez and added her maiden name to her married name becoming Velez-Zuzulová. They divorced in August 2022. In September 2025 she married french Gaspard Valette
Valette-Zuzulová started skiing at age 3; at 14 she won the Trofeo Topolino in Italy, an unofficial children's world championship.
Europa Cup She started competing in the Europa Cup from the 2000/2001 season, and she took Europa Cup race wins on 21 December 2003, 23 February 2004 and 19 December 2006, and 3rd place on 6 and 22 February 2004.
World Championships At the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, she scored 9th place in super combined, 13th place in slalom and 21st place in giant slalom.
Velez-Zuzulová was part of the Slovakian team which took a surprise silver in the team event at the 2017 World Championships in St. Moritz, defeating Germany, Italy and Switzerland before being beaten by France in the final on time by eight hundredths of a second after a 2-2 tie.
World Cup Velez-Zuzulová made her World Cup debut in a giant slalom at Sölden, Austria, on 28 October 2000. In November 2002, she started competing in slalom. Her first major win was in 2002 when she became the World Junior Champion. Her first run in super combined was in 2006.
Across her career, Velez-Zuzulová took 30 World Cup podiums with five victories, all in slalom (or parallel slalom). Her best results in the World Cup season standings came in the 2016 and 2017 seasons, when she finished second in the slalom discipline. In the 2013 season, she finished third in slalom and 12th overall; she also finished third in slalom in 2008. She retired from competition in 2018, with her final World Cup start being in a slalom in Ofterschwang.
Season results Season Age Overall Slalom GiantSlalom Combined 2002 17 68 23 — — 2003 18injured 2004 19 42 15 — — 2005 20 37 9 — — 2006 21 77 28 — 44 2007 22 19 5 32 37 2008 23 15 3 41 — 2009 24 65 22 — — 2010 25 94 36 — — 2011 26 19 5 42 — 2012 27 17 4 42 — 2013 28 12 3 — — 2014 29injured 2015 30 24 6 — — 2016 31 13 2 — — 2017 32 11 2 — — 2018 33 97 42 — —
Standings through 4 February 2018
Race podiums 5 wins – (4 SL, 1 CE) 30 podiums – (27 SL, 3 CE) Season Date Location Discipline Place2004 8 Feb 2004 Zwiesel, Germany Slalom 3rd2007 7 Jan 2007 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom 3rd25 Feb 2007 Sierra Nevada, Spain Slalom 3rd17 Mar 2007 Lenzerheide, Switzerland Slalom 3rd2008 6 Jan 2008 Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic Slalom 2nd13 Jan 2008 Maribor, Slovenia Slalom 2nd15 Feb 2008 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 3rd14 Mar 2008 Bormio, Italy Slalom 2nd2011 4 Feb 2011 Zwiesel, Germany Slalom 2nd18 Mar 2011 Lenzerheide, Switzerland Slalom 3rd2012 22 Jan 2012 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom 3rd10 Mar 2012 Åre, Sweden Slalom 2nd17 Mar 2012 Schladming, Austria Slalom 2nd2013 29 Dec 2012 Semmering, Austria Slalom 1st1 Jan 2013 Munich, Germany City event 1st29 Jan 2013 Moscow, Russia City event 2nd2015 22 Feb 2015 Maribor, Slovenia Slalom 2nd14 Mar 2015 Åre, Sweden Slalom 2nd21 Mar 2015 Méribel, France Slalom 3rd2016 28 Nov 2015 Aspen, USA Slalom 2nd5 Jan 2016 Santa Caterina, Italy Slalom 3rd12 Jan 2016 Flachau, Austria Slalom 1st15 Jan 2016 Slalom 1st6 Mar 2016 Jasná, Slovakia Slalom 3rd19 Mar 2016 St. Moritz, Switzerland Slalom 2nd2017 27 Nov 2016 Killington, USA Slalom 2nd11 Dec 2016 Sestriere, Italy Slalom 2nd29 Dec 2016 Semmering, Austria Slalom 2nd3 Jan 2017 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 1st31 Jan 2017 Stockholm, Sweden City event 2nd
World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined Team event 2001 16 DNF1 34 — — — — 2003 18 injured, did not compete 2005 20 DSQ1 — — — — — 2007 22 13 21 — — 9 — 2009 24 — DNS1 — — — — 2011 26 10 15 — — — — 2013 28 7 — — — — 9 2015 30 4 — — — — — 2017 32 DNF2 — — — — 2
Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2002 17 DNF1 32 — — — 2006 21 22 — — — 15 2010 25 10 DNS2 — — — 2014 29 injured, did not compete 2018 33 17 — — — —
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