Kamila Żuk

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]

Kamila Żuk
Personal information
Born (1997-11-18) 18 November 1997
Wałbrzych, Poland
Professional information
SportBiathlon
ClubAZS-AWF Katowice
World Cup debut2017
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing  Poland
European Championships
2021 Duszniki-ZdrójPursuit
Junior World Championships
2018 Otepää12.5 km individual
2018 Otepää7.5 km sprint
2018 Otepää10 km pursuit
2019 Osrblie7.5 km sprint
Junior European Championships
2017 Nové Městosprint

Career

Kamila Żuk debuted at 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang in 2x6km Women + 2x7.5km 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 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
Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
2018 Pyeongchang — — — — — 16th

Youth/Junior World Championships
Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay
2015 Raubichi-Minsk 50th 13th 58th 9th
2016 Cheile Grădiştei 28th 11th 29th 5th
2017 Osrblie 49th 27th 10th 10th
2018 Otepää Gold Gold Silver 5th

Youth/Junior European Championships
Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay
2016 Pokljuka 37th 6th 8th —
2017 Nové Město 8th Bronze 12th —

References
  1. "Athlete Profile: Kamila ŻUK - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". pyeongchang2018.com. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. "Kamila ZUK". olympics.com.
  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.
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