Kamila Żuk

Kamila Żuk
Żuk in 2023
Personal information
Born (1997-11-18) 18 November 1997
Wałbrzych, Poland
Professional information
SportBiathlon
ClubAZS-AWF Katowice
World Cup debut2017
Olympic Games
Teams2
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing  Poland
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Duszniki-Zdrój Pursuit
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Otepää 12.5 km individual
Gold medal – first place 2018 Otepää 7.5 km sprint
Silver medal – second place 2018 Otepää 10 km pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2019 Osrblie 7.5 km sprint
Junior European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Nové Město sprint

Kamila Żuk (born 18 November 1997) is a Polish biathlete. She competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[1] and 2022 Winter Olympics, in Women's individual Biathlon.[2]

Career

Żuk debuted at 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang in 2x6km Women + 2x7.5 km Men mixed relay and finished on 16th place.[3]

On March 1, 2018, as the first Polish biathlete, she won the title of Junior World Champion in the 12,5 km individual competition with a winning time more than 3 minutes ahead of the 2nd place Biathlete.[4][5] Two days later, she claimed another gold medal, this time in 7.5 km sprint ahead of Czech Markéta Davidová and French Myrtille Bègue.[6] On March 4, 2018, Żuk added silver medal to her achievements from 2018 Junior World Championships in 10 km pursuit, losing only to Czech Davidová at a loss 28.1 sec.[7]

Results

Olympic Games

0 medals

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang — — — — — 16th
China 2022 Beijing 36th 53rd DNS — 14th —

World Championships

0 medals

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay
Sweden 2019 Östersund 48th 46th 36th — 7th — —
Italy 2020 Antholz 84th 58th DNS — 7th 17th 18th
Slovenia 2021 Pokljuka 59th 29th 47th — 6th 24th 26th
Germany 2023 Oberhof 50th 56th 52nd — 9th 22nd —

Youth/Junior World Championships

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay
Belarus 2015 Raubichi-Minsk 50th 13th 58th 9th
Romania 2016 Cheile Grădiştei 28th 11th 29th 5th
Slovakia 2017 Osrblie 49th 27th 10th 10th
Estonia 2018 Otepää Gold Gold Silver 5th

Youth/Junior European Championships

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay
Slovenia 2016 Pokljuka 37th 6th 8th —
Czech Republic 2017 Nové Město 8th Bronze 12th —

References

  1. ^ "Athlete Profile: Kamila ŻUK - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Kamila ZUK". Beijing 2022 Olympics. Archived from the original on 2022-03-05. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  3. ^ "Polska Reprezentacja Olimpijska - Biathlon". olimpijski.pl. PKOL. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  4. ^ Piotr Majchrzak (1 March 2018). "Biathlon. Kamila Żuk mistrzynią świata juniorek!". sport.pl. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Kamila Zuk and Igor Malinovski Win Junior Individuals". biathlonworld.com. IBU. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Kamila Zuk and Vasilii Tomshin Win Junior Sprint Gold Medals". biathlonworld.com. IBU. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Kolejny medal Żuk w mistrzostwach świata juniorek!". polsatsport.pl. Polsat Sport. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.