Czech Republic at the 2023 Winter World University Games

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.

Czech Republic at the 2023 Winter World University Games
Flag of Czech Republic
IOC code	CZE
in Lake Placid 12 January 2023 (2023-01-12) – 22 January 2023 (2023-01-22)
Competitors	93 in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Tomáš Klinský[1]
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 5 Silver 1 Bronze 6 Total 12

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.^[2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	6	2	8
Biathlon	4	4	8
Cross-country skiing	4	3	7
Curling	5	0	5
Figure skating	1	1	2
Freestyle skiing	2	1	3
Ice hockey	23	23	46
Nordic combined	1	0	1
Short track speed skating	1	1	2
Ski jumping	1	0	1
Snowboarding	5	3	8
Speed skating	0	2	2
Total	53	40	93

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Jan Zabystřan	Alpine Skiing	Men's super-G	14 January
Gold	Tereza Jandová Jakub Kocián	Biathlon	Single mixed relay	16 January
Gold	Jan Zabystřan	Alpine Skiing	Men's giant slalom	18 January
Gold	Jan Zabystřan	Alpine Skiing	Men's slalom	21 January
Gold	Kristýna Otcovská	Biathlon	Women's mass start	21 January
Silver	Jakub Žerava	Snowboarding	Men's snowboard cross	13 January
Bronze	Veronika Antošová	Speed skating	Women's 1500 m	13 January
Bronze	Tereza Jandová	Biathlon	Women's short individual	14 January
Bronze	Jan Zabystřan	Alpine Skiing	Men's combined	16 January
Bronze	Tereza Jandová	Biathlon	Women's sprint	18 January
Bronze	Vojtěch Břeský	Freestyle skiing	Men's big air	20 January
Bronze	Women's ice hockey team	Ice hockey	Women	21 January

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2023 Winter World University Games

In alpine skiing, the Czech team recorded four medals, including three golds, thanks to Jan Zabystřan,^[3] who tied for fourth place among the multi-medalists of the games.^[4][5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jan Zabystřan	Super-G	—				58.35
	Combined	56.82	1	46.56	10	1:43.38
	Giant Slalom	59.86	1	1:01.37	2	2:01.23
	Slalom	53.27	3	58.11	2	1:51.38
Tomáš Klinský	Super-G	—				59.49	10
	Combined	58.06	14	48.51	30	1:46.57	22
	Giant Slalom	DNF		—		DNF
	Slalom	DNS		—		DNS
David Kubeš	Super-G	—				59.96	13
	Combined	DNF		—		DNF
	Giant Slalom	1:03.18	32	DNF		DNF
	Slalom	DNF		—		DNF
Ondřej Surkoš	Super-G	—				1:00.56	25
	Combined	DNF		—		DNF
	Giant Slalom	1:02.90	28	DNF		DNF
	Slalom	DNF		—		DNF
Adam Klíma	Super-G	—				1:01.06	31
	Combined	58.57	19	DNF		DNF
	Slalom	DNF		—		DNF
Eduard Fiala	Super-G	—				DNF
	Combined	1:00.18	42	47.82	25	1:48.00	30
	Giant Slalom	1:05.08	51	1:06.58	31	2:11.66	31
	Slalom	56.30	39	DNF		DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Klára Gašparíková	Super-G	—				53.31	8
	Giant Slalom	1:07.14	26	1:03.40	6	2:10.54	23
	Slalom	DNF		—		DNF
Aneta Vetrová	Super-G	—				55.20	23
	Giant Slalom	DNF		—		DNF

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result			Rank
Jan Zabystřan Ondřej Surkoš Klára Gašparíková second woman not entered	Mixed team parallel	United States L 2–2	Did not advance		9

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2023 Winter World University Games

Tereza Jandová, Kristýna Otcovská and Jakub Kocián added four medals together to the tally of the Czech team.^[6][7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Jakub Kocián	Short individual	44:08.7	1 (0+0+0+1)	4
	Sprint	29:11.8	2 (0+2)	13
	Pursuit	37:31.4	2 (0+0+2+0)	7
	Mass start	43:49.0	0 (0+0+0+0)	18
Jakub Kabrda	Short individual	47:08.2	6 (2+2+2+0)	14
	Sprint	28.47.1	3 (1+2)	9
	Pursuit	38:47.6	6 (3+0+2+1)	11
	Mass start	43:08.3	6 (1+2+2+1)	15
Michal Zaoral	Short individual	48:45.6	5 (0+3+0+2)	22
	Sprint	30:39.4	5 (2+3)	20
	Pursuit	42:13.4	4 (1+1+1+1)	21
	Mass start	42:33.9	2 (0+1+0+1)	13
Luděk Abraham	Sprint	29:22.8	3 (0+3)	15
	Pursuit	40:21.5	7 (4+1+2+0)	19
	Mass start	40:53.7	3 (1+0+0+2)	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Tereza Jandová	Short individual	43:46.6	3 (0+2+0+1)
	Sprint	25:01.3	2 (0+2)
	Pursuit	DNS
	Mass start	DNS
Kristýna Otcovská	Short individual	46:58.1	6 (1+3+1+1)	8
	Sprint	25:21.9	3 (2+1)	6
	Pursuit	33:41.9	6 (0+1+3+2)	4
	Mass start	41:11.6	3 (3+0+0+0)
Lenka Bártová	Short individual	48:23.4	5 (1+2+0+2)	19
	Sprint	26:34.1	3 (0+3)	18
	Pursuit	34:57.6	1 (0+1+0+0)	9
	Mass start	42:52.2	3 (0+0+1+2)	9
Veronika Novotná	Short individual	49:03.9	6 (2+3+0+1)	23
	Sprint	25:55.8	3 (0+3)	10
	Pursuit	35:04.3	4 (2+1+1+0)	12
	Mass start	42:41.1	3 (0+0+2+1)	8

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Tereza Jandová, Jakub Kocián	Single mixed relay	37:25.3	0+3

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2023 Winter World University Games

Cross country skiers finished several times close to the medal standings, especially in the men's relay.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tomáš Dufek	10 km classical	—						25:13.6	5
	10 km free pursuit	—	48:31.0	6
	Sprint freestyle	3:09.86	21	4:13.12	6	Did not advance			28
Kryštof Zatloukal	10 km classical	—	25:51.8	16
	10 km free pursuit	—	48:44.2	9
	Sprint freestyle	3:11.84	25	3:12.76	4	Did not advance			19
	30 km free mass start	—	DNF
Tomáš Lukeš	10 km classical	—	26:24.2	30
	10 km free pursuit	—	49:22.8	15
	Sprint freestyle	2:33.15	33	Did not advance					33
Daniel Hozák	10 km classical	—	27:05.8	46
	10 km free pursuit	—	51:30.4	43
	Sprint freestyle	2:35.29	40	Did not advance					40
	30 km free mass start	—	1:21:20.5	37
Kryštof Zatloukal Tomáš Dufek Daniel Hozák Tomáš Lukeš	4×7.5 km relay	—	1:18:14.2	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pavlína Votočková	5 km classical	—	14:23.1	15
	5 km free pursuit	—	26:55.0	9
	Sprint freestyle	2:57.66	15	3:00.13	3	did not advance			14
	15 km free mass start	—	DNF
Adéla Nováková	5 km classical	—	14:32.8	20
	5 km free pursuit	—	27:06.4	13
	Sprint freestyle	2:55.56	10	2:57.41	2	3:00.49	6	DNA	11
	15 km free mass start	—	41:19.1	11
Barbora Antošová	Sprint freestyle	2:53.04	4	2:57.51	2	3:00.39	5	DNA	9
Barbora Antošová Pavlína Votočková Adéla Nováková	3×5 km relay	—	45:29.5	8

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kryštof Zatloukal Adéla Nováková	Mixed team sprint classic	21:05.74	3	DNS
Tomáš Dufek Barbora Antošová	Mixed team sprint classic	20:46.80	8	21:56.95	10

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2023 Winter World University Games

After a good start beating Brazil, the Czech men failed to win any other game and finished ninth.^[9]

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage										Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score									Rank	Opposition Score		Rank
David Jakl Marek Bříza David Škácha Aleš Hercok David Verner	Men	Brazil W 6–3	Canada L 1–8	Great Britain L 6–7	Sweden L 7–9	United States L 4–8	Switzerland L 3–8	South Korea L 3–6	Norway L 6–8	Japan L 4–9	9	Did not advance		9

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2023 Winter World University Games

Two Czech figure skaters participated in Lake Placid, both advancing to the free skating.^[10]

Athletes	Event	SP		FS		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Petr Kotlařík	Men	57.52	22	101.44	21	158.96	21
Nikola Rychtaříková	Women	46.34	20	79.19	19	125.53	19

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2023 Winter World University Games

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.^[11][12] 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.^[13]

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Panel heats			Semifinal	Final	Final rank
		Time	Rank	Heat ranks	Points	Rank	Position	Position
Klára Kašparová	Women's ski cross	2:05.27	6	3 – 1 – 2 – 2	8	5	2	4	4

Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Vojtěch Břeský	Men's big air	72.50	79.75	79.75	6	84.00	74.00	50.50	158.00
	Men's slopestyle	77.50	88.50	88.50	4	62.00	84.00	—	84.00	6
Jan Ferbr	Men's big air	77.00	72.25	77.00	7	60.50	68.50	46.50	129.00	5
	Men's slopestyle	51.75	74.75	74.75	9	58.00	68.75	—	68.75	9

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2023 Winter World University Games

The bronze for the Czech women was the first FISU World University Games ice hockey medal for Czechia in 18 years.^[2] 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.^[14]

Men's tournament

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score					Rank	Opposition Score		Rank
Czech Republic men's team	Men	Sweden W 7–2	Japan W 5–1	Latvia L 3–4 GWS	Canada L 0–4	Ukraine L 1–3	4	did not advance		7

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

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final / BR
		Opposition Score					Rank	Opposition Score		Rank
Czech Republic women's team	Women	Great Britain W 13–0	United States L 2–8	Canada L 1–5	Japan W 3–1	Slovakia W 2–1	2	Japan L 0–3	Slovakia W 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

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2023 Winter World University Games

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.^[15] In the second race, Fadrhons did not finish the mass start cross country round.^[16]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping				Cross-country		Ski jumping			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank
Matěj Fadrhons	Men's individual Gundersen normal hill/10 km	88.0	106.3	3	+2:09	24:54.4	10	—				7
	Men's individual mass start 10 km/normal hill	—				DNF		DNS			DNF

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2023 Winter World University Games

With two athletes, both recovering from medical issues,^[17] Czech team did not record prominent results in short track speed skating.^[18]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Time	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Radek Fajkus	500 m	42.317	1	42.227	3	42.008	5	Did not advance			19
	1000 m	1:29.859	4	Did not advance							33
	1500 m	—				2:28.449	3	Did not advance			22

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Petra Vaňková	500 m	DNS		—
	1500 m	—		2:38.380	2	PEN		DNA	20

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2023 Winter World University Games

The only Czech ski jumper František Holík attempted to finish in the top ten, but did not succeed.^[19][20]

Individual

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
František Holík	Men's normal hill	81.0	102.7	11	85.5	97.9	13	200.6	12

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2023 Winter World University Games

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.^[21]

Kristián Salač performed great in both his events qualifications, but failed to prevail in the finals,^[22] despite having a great form as he confirmed soon after at the world championships, where he finished fifth in big air.^[23]

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Heats		Semifinal	Final	Final Rank
		Time	Rank	Points	Position	Position	Position
Jakub Žerava	Men's snowboard cross	55.71	6	13	7	2	2
Bruno Tatarko		56.40	8	13	8	3	DNF	8
Matouš Šmerák		57.69	11	10	12	Did not advance		12
Natalie Mullen	Women's snowboard cross	1:01.48	5	11	10	Did not advance		10
Vendula Burešová		1:05.40	13	DNS		Did not advance		13

Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Kristián Salač	Men's slopestyle	87.00	51.00	87.00	2	73.00	24.75	—	73.00	5
	Men's big air	86.00	21.25	86.00	1	34.50	30.75	67.25	101.75	9

Parallel Giant Slalom

Athlete	Event	Elimination Run		1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinal	Final	Final Rank
		Time	Rank
Adam Počinek	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:04.09	13	Hong Seungyeong (KOR) L +1.22	Did not advance			9
	Men's parallel slalom	1:10.69	9	Ma Junho (KOR) W -0.19	Mychajlo Charuk (UKR) L DSQ	Did not advance		8
Klára Šonková	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:05.70	13	Jang Seohee (KOR) L +0.31	Did not advance			15
	Women's parallel slalom	1:15.68	11	Elisa Fava (ITA) L +1.63	Did not advance			11

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2023 Winter World University Games

Veronika Antošová won a bronze medal in the 1500 metres race, while Zuzana Kuršová's results were less satisfactory.^[17][24]

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Time	Rank
Veronika Antošová	500 m	—	41.346	12
	1000 m		1:23.66	7
	1500 m		2:06.63
	3000 m		4:34.14	5
	Mass start	2	(10:00.13)	10
Zuzana Kuršová	1500 m	—	2:11.78	15
	3000 m		4:43.80	11
	Mass start	1	(10:00.06)	11

See also

• Czech Republic at the 2021 Summer World University Games