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| Full name | Jaroslav Soukup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 July 1982 Jičín, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | SKP Jablonex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jaroslav Soukup (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjaroslafˈsoukup] , born 12 July 1982) is a retired Czech biathlete.
His first World Cup podium was in Östersund at the pursuit competition on 4 December 2011. [1]
Soukup won a bronze medal in biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics in sprint and a silver medal in the Mixed relay (together with Ondřej Moravec, Gabriela Soukalová and Veronika Vítková).
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass Start | Relay | Mixed Relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2010 Vancouver | 30th | 52nd | 51st | – | 7th | — |
 2014 Sochi | 17th | Bronze | 20th | 24th | 11th | Silver |
 2018 Pyeongchang | – | – | – | – | 7th | – |
2 medals (2 bronze)
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2007 Antholz-Anterselva | 53rd | 32nd | 33rd | — | 5th | — | — |
 2008 Östersund | — | 58th | 49th | — | 7th | 12th | — |
| 2009 Pyeongchang | 11th | 37th | 47th | — | 10th | — | — |
| 2010 Khanty-Mansiysk | — | — | — | — | — | 7th | — |
| 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk | 79th | 76th | — | — | 10th | — | — |
 2012 Ruhpolding | Bronze | 43rd | 21st | 11th | 9th | — | — |
 2013 Nové Město | 39th | 27th | — | — | 6th | Bronze | — |
 2015 Kontiolahti | 36th | 11th | 18th | 28th | 6th | — | — |
 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen | 23rd | 60th | 41st | — | 5th | — | — |
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