![]() Jančová at the
2020 Winter Youth Olympics | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Zvolen, Slovakia | 25 August 2003
Occupation | Alpine skier |
Height | 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in) |
Skiing career | |
Disciplines | Slalom, giant slalom, super-G, combined |
Club | Vojenské športové centrum Dukla Banská Bystrica |
World Cup debut | 14 January 2023 (age 19) |
Olympics | |
Teams | 1 – ( Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics) |
Medals | 0 |
Rebeka Jančová (born 25 August 2003) is a Slovak alpine ski racer. She competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. [1]
Rebeka Jančová was born on 25 August 2003 in Zvolen. [2] She initially became interested in skiing because of her older sister Tereza Jančová. In 2012 at the age of 9, she joined the Levoča ski Club, which has been a part of Veronika Velez-Zuzulová academy since 2018. [3] She is also a member of the Dukla Banská Bystrica athletic club. [4]
Rebeka Jančová started competing internationally at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne. She finished 4th in combined, 8th in super-G and 14th and 15th in giant slalom and slalom respectively. [5]
At the age of 18 she qualified for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. [6] She finished 12th in mixed team race together with Petra Hromcová, Adam Žampa and Andreas Žampa after losing 1 to 3 to the team USA. Additionally, she finished 39th in Woman's Super-G. She did not finish either slalom or giant slalom race. [7]
Jančová made her senior debut at the 2022–23 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup on 14 January 2023 at the age of 19. [8]
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