The Czech Republic competed at the 2023 Winter World University Games in Lake Placid, from January 12 to January 22, 2023. This was the Czech Republic's sixteenth appearance at the FISU Winter World University Games, having competed at every Games since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993.
The team won 12 medals, the best result at the FISU Winter World University Games since 2013 and twice the number of the previous games in Krasnoyarsk.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline. SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing628Biathlon448Cross-country skiing437Curling505Figure skating112Freestyle skiing213Ice hockey232346Nordic combined101Short track speed skating112Ski jumping101Snowboarding538Speed skating022 Total534093
Medalists MedalName Sport Event Date Alpine Skiing Men's super-G Biathlon Single mixed relay Alpine Skiing Men's giant slalom Alpine Skiing Men's slalom Biathlon Women's mass start Snowboarding Men's snowboard cross Speed skating Women's 1500 m Biathlon Women's short individual Alpine Skiing Men's combined Biathlon Women's sprint Freestyle skiing Men's big air Women's ice hockey team Ice hockey Women
Alpine skiing In alpine skiing, the Czech team recorded four medals, including three golds, thanks to Jan Zabystřan, who tied for fourth place among the multi-medalists of the games. Men AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJan ZabystřanSuper-G colspan="4" 58.35 Combined 56.82 1 46.56 10 1:43.38 Giant Slalom59.8611:01.3722:01.23Slalom53.27358.1121:51.38Tomáš KlinskýSuper-G colspan="4" 59.49 10Combined58.061448.51301:46.5722Giant Slalom colspan="2" Slalom colspan="2" David KubešSuper-G colspan="4" 59.96 13Combined colspan="2"Giant Slalom 1:03.18 32Slalom colspan="2" Ondřej SurkošSuper-G colspan="4" 1:00.56 25Combined colspan="2"Giant Slalom1:02.9028Slalom colspan="2"Adam KlímaSuper-G colspan="4" 1:01.06 31Combined58.5719Slalom colspan="2"Eduard FialaSuper-G colspan="4"Combined1:00.184247.82251:48.0030Giant Slalom1:05.08511:06.58312:11.6631Slalom56.3039
Women AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKlára GašparíkováSuper-G colspan="4"53.318Giant Slalom1:07.14261:03.4062:10.5423Slalom colspan="2" Aneta VetrováSuper-G colspan="4"55.2023Giant Slalom colspan="2"
Mixed
AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultRankJan ZabystřanOndřej SurkošKlára Gašparíkovásecond woman not enteredMixed team parallelL 2–2Did not advance9
Biathlon Tereza Jandová, Kristýna Otcovská and Jakub Kocián added four medals together to the tally of the Czech team. Men AthleteEventTimeMissesRankJakub KociánShort individual44:08.71 (0+0+0+1)4Sprint 29:11.8 2 (0+2) 13Pursuit37:31.42 (0+0+2+0)7Mass start43:49.00 (0+0+0+0)18Jakub KabrdaShort individual47:08.26 (2+2+2+0)14Sprint 28.47.1 3 (1+2) 9Pursuit38:47.66 (3+0+2+1)11Mass start43:08.36 (1+2+2+1)15Michal ZaoralShort individual48:45.65 (0+3+0+2)22Sprint 30:39.4 5 (2+3) 20Pursuit42:13.44 (1+1+1+1)21Mass start42:33.92 (0+1+0+1)13Luděk AbrahamSprint29:22.83 (0+3)15Pursuit40:21.57 (4+1+2+0)19Mass start40:53.73 (1+0+0+2)5
Women AthleteEventTimeMissesRankTereza JandováShort individual43:46.63 (0+2+0+1)Sprint 25:01.3 2 (0+2) PursuitMass startKristýna OtcovskáShort individual46:58.16 (1+3+1+1)8Sprint 25:21.9 3 (2+1) 6Pursuit33:41.96 (0+1+3+2)4Mass start41:11.63 (3+0+0+0)Lenka BártováShort individual 48:23.4 5 (1+2+0+2) 19Sprint 26:34.1 3 (0+3) 18Pursuit34:57.61 (0+1+0+0)9Mass start42:52.23 (0+0+1+2)9Veronika NovotnáShort individual49:03.96 (2+3+0+1)23Sprint 25:55.8 3 (0+3) 10Pursuit35:04.34 (2+1+1+0)12Mass start42:41.13 (0+0+2+1)8
Mixed AthletesEventTimeMissesRankTereza Jandová,Jakub KociánSingle mixed relay37:25.30+3
Cross-country skiing
Cross country skiers finished several times close to the medal standings, especially in the men's relay.
Men AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTomáš Dufek10 km classicalcolspan=6 25:13.6510 km free pursuitcolspan=648:31.06Sprint freestyle3:09.86214:13.126Did not advance28Kryštof Zatloukal10 km classicalcolspan=625:51.81610 km free pursuitcolspan=648:44.29Sprint freestyle3:11.84253:12.764Did not advance19 30 km free mass startcolspan=6Tomáš Lukeš 10 km classicalcolspan=626:24.230 10 km free pursuitcolspan=649:22.815 Sprint freestyle2:33.1533Did not advance33 Daniel Hozák 10 km classicalcolspan=627:05.846 10 km free pursuitcolspan=651:30.443 Sprint freestyle2:35.2940Did not advance40 30 km free mass startcolspan=61:21:20.537 Kryštof ZatloukalTomáš DufekDaniel HozákTomáš Lukeš 4×7.5 km relaycolspan=61:18:14.24
Women AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPavlína Votočková5 km classicalcolspan=614:23.115 5 km free pursuitcolspan=626:55.09Sprint freestyle2:57.66153:00.133did not advance14 15 km free mass startcolspan=6Adéla Nováková5 km classicalcolspan=614:32.820 5 km free pursuitcolspan=627:06.413Sprint freestyle2:55.56102:57.4123:00.49611 15 km free mass startcolspan=641:19.111 Barbora Antošová Sprint freestyle2:53.0442:57.5123:00.3959 Barbora AntošováPavlína VotočkováAdéla Nováková 3×5 km relaycolspan=645:29.58
Mixed
AthleteEventSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRank Kryštof ZatloukalAdéla NovákováMixed team sprint classic21:05.743 Tomáš DufekBarbora Antošová Mixed team sprint classic20:46.80821:56.9510
Curling
After a good start beating Brazil, the Czech men failed to win any other game and finished ninth.
Summary TeamEventGroup Stage SemifinalFinal / OppositionScore Rank OppositionScore RankDavid JaklMarek BřízaDavid ŠkáchaAleš HercokDavid VernerMenW 6–3L 1–8L 6–7L 7–9L 4–8L 3–8L 3–6L 6–8L 4–99Did not advance9
Figure skating
Two Czech figure skaters participated in Lake Placid, both advancing to the free skating.
Athletes Event Total Points Rank Points Rank Points RankPetr KotlaříkMen57.5222101.4421158.9621Nikola RychtaříkováWomen46.342079.1919125.5319
Freestyle skiing
After finishing without medals in the slopestyle final, both Jan Ferbr and Vojtěch Břeský advanced to the finals of the big air event. Břeský performed a double cork 1080 and a switch 1080 and won bronze medal, with Ferbr finishing fifth. Klára Kašparová, one of the three athletes from the Brno University of Technology at the games, finished fourth as she failed to start well and did not find a way to pass Canada's Elizabeth Anne Filiatrault.
Ski cross AthleteEventQualificationPanel heatsSemifinalFinalFinal rankTimeRankHeat ranksPointsRankPositionPositionKlára KašparováWomen's ski cross2:05.2763 – 1 – 2 – 285244
Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalRankVojtěch BřeskýMen's big air72.5079.7579.75684.0074.0050.50158.00Men's slopestyle77.5088.5088.50462.0084.0084.006Jan Ferbr Men's big air77.0072.2577.00760.5068.5046.50129.005 Men's slopestyle51.7574.7574.75958.0068.7568.759
Ice hockey
The bronze for the Czech women was the first FISU World University Games ice hockey medal for Czechia in 18 years. The men's team was close to the semifinals after winning the first three games, but defeats to Canada and Ukraine at the end of the group stopped them.
Men's tournament
TeamEventGroup stageSemifinalFinalOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreRankCzech Republic men's teamMenW 7–2W 5–1L 3–4 L 0–4L 1–34did not advance7
Roster Goalkeepers: 1 Daniel Vacek, 2 Marek Štipčák, 3 Michal Kořének Defenders: 6 Patrik Vašíček, 9 Tomáš Hajič, 10 Štěpán Kučera, 14 Dominik Ficek, 21 Ondřej Baláž, 22 Tomáš Duda, 27 Jakub Kynčl, 29 Tomáš Hanák Forwards: 4 Matěj Novák, 8 Josef Hasman, 12 Patrik Tarnoczy, 13 Tomáš Pšenička, 15 Lukáš Prášek, 17 Štěpán Turek, 18 Vojtěch Komárek, 19 Matěj Mach, 20 Dominik Arnošt, 24 Milan Dančišin, 25 Jakub Wojnar, 26 Tomáš Koblížek Coach: Ondřej Kališ
Women's tournament
TeamEventGroup stageSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreRankCzech Republic women's teamWomenW 13–0L 2–8L 1–5W 3–1W 2–12L 0–3W 3–1
Roster Goalkeepers: 1 Kristýna Bláhová, 29 Denisa Jandová, 30 Kateřina Zechovská Defenders: 3 Klára Jandušíková, 4 Daniela Pejšová, 7 Denisa Habartová, 14 Barbora Hrůšová, 21 Karolína Kosinová, 23 Zuzana Martinů, 24 Adéla Jůzková, 26 Adéla Hanzlíková, 28 Viktorie Chladová Forwards: 5 Tereza Mazancová, 6 Alexandra Halounová, 8 Barbora Patočková, 12 Patricie Škorpíková, 13 Martina Mašková, 16 Martina Exnerová, 17 Kateřina Petřeková, 18 Tereza Topolská, 20 Sandra Halounová, 25 Kristýna Pátková Coach: Jakub Peslar
Nordic combined
In Nordic combined, Matěj Fardhons started the first race with a great ski jumping round. Behind Japan's Sakutaro Kobayashi, who was by far unbeatable in Lake Placid, he was in third place, but in the cross country he fell down to the seventh place. In the second race, Fadrhons did not finish the mass start cross country round.
Individual AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-countrySki jumpingTotalDistancePointsRankDeficitTimeRankDistancePointsRankTotal PointsRankMatěj FadrhonsMen's individual Gundersen normal hill/10 km88.0106.33 +2:0924:54.410colspan=4 7Men's individual mass start 10 km/normal hill colspan="4"
Short track speed skating
With two athletes, both recovering from medical issues, Czech team did not record prominent results in short track speed skating.
Men AthleteEventHeatsHeatsQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeTimeTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRadek Fajkus500 m42.317142.227342.0085Did not advance191000 m1:29.8594Did not advance331500 m colspan="4" 2:28.4493Did not advance22
Women AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPetra Vaňková500 m colspan="6" 1500 m colspan="2" 2:38.380220
Ski jumping
The only Czech ski jumper František Holík attempted to finish in the top ten, but did not succeed.
Individual AthleteEventFirst roundFinalTotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRankFrantišek HolíkMen's normal hill81.0102.71185.597.913200.612
Snowboarding
Jakub Žerava and Bruno Tatarko advanced to the final stages of the men's snowboard cross event, with Žerava winning silver losing only to France's Benjamin Gattaz.
Kristián Salač performed great in both his events qualifications, but failed to prevail in the finals, despite having a great form as he confirmed soon after at the world championships, where he finished fifth in big air.
Snowboard cross AthleteEventQualificationHeatsSemifinalFinalFinal RankTimeRankPointsPositionPositionPositionJakub ŽeravaMen's snowboard cross55.71613722Bruno Tatarko56.40813838Matouš Šmerák57.69111012Did not advance12Natalie MullenWomen's snowboard cross1:01.4851110Did not advance10Vendula Burešová1:05.4013 Did not advance13
Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalRankKristián SalačMen's slopestyle87.0051.0087.00273.0024.7573.005Men's big air86.0021.2586.00134.5030.7567.25101.759
Parallel Giant Slalom AthleteEventElimination Run1/8 FinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalFinalFinal RankTimeRankAdam PočinekMen's parallel giant slalom1:04.0913L +1.22Did not advance9Men's parallel slalom1:10.699W -0.19L Did not advance8Klára ŠonkováWomen's parallel giant slalom1:05.7013L +0.31Did not advance15Women's parallel slalom1:15.6811L +1.63Did not advance11
Speed skating
Veronika Antošová won a bronze medal in the 1500 metres race, while Zuzana Kuršová's results were less satisfactory.
AthleteEventFinalPointsTimeRankVeronika Antošová500 m rowspan = 4 41.346121000 m1:23.6671500 m 2:06.63 3000 m 4:34.14 5Mass start 2 (10:00.13) 10Zuzana Kuršová1500 m rowspan = 2 2:11.78 153000 m 4:43.80 11Mass start 1 (10:00.06) 11
See also Czech Republic at the 2021 Summer World University Games
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