Paulína Bátovská Fialková

Paulína Bátovská Fialková (née Fialková, born 25 October 1992) is a Slovak biathlete. She competed at the Biathlon World Championships 2012 and 2013, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,^[1] and 2018 Winter Olympics. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, she finished fifth place in the 15 km individual event.^[2]

Paulína Bátovská Fialková

Personal information
Birth name	Paulína Fialková
Born	(1992-10-25) 25 October 1992 (age 31) Brezno, Czechoslovakia (present-day Slovakia)
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
Club	Dukla Banská Bystrica
World Cup debut	2012
Olympic Games
Teams	3 (2014, 2018, 2022)
Medals	0 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	9 (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023)
Medals	0 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	7 (2013/14–)
Individual podiums	9
Medal record Women's biathlon Representing  Slovakia Winter Universiade 2015 Osrblie Sprint 2015 Osrblie Pursuit 2015 Osrblie Individual European Championships 2016 Tyumen Mass Start 2016 Tyumen 2x6 + 2x7.5 km relay

Her younger sister Ivona Fialková also competes for Slovakia in biathlon.

In summer of 2018 she became the world champion in sprint in summer biathlon on world championship in Nové Město na Moravě.^[3]

In 2018 she successfully graduated at Faculty of Law of Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia and she gain Magister degree.^{[4][5][non-primary source needed][6][non-primary source needed]} Her bachelor thesis was on theme The possession of firearms and ammunition for sporting purposes. She wrote it in 2015.^[7] Her diploma thesis was about International Law and Control Mechanisms of Doping in Sport.^[8]

She is the winner of prestigious Slovak award Slovenka roka 2019 (Slovak woman of the year 2019) in category sport.^[9]

In the spring of 2022, Paulína Fialková married the former Slovak race walker Miloš Bátovský and has since started under the double name Bátovská Fialková.^[10]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.^[11]

Olympic Games

0 medals

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2014 Sochi	–	72nd	–	–	14th	–
2018 Pyeongchang	5th	11th	38th	21st	5th	20th
2022 Beijing	42nd	14th	10th	26th	19th	17th

*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

0 medals

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay
2012 Ruhpolding	—	86th	—	—	8th	—	—
2013 Nové Město	—	55th	53rd	—	8th	—
2015 Kontiolahti	53rd	88th	—	—	18th	17th
2016 Oslo	76th	49th	23rd	—	14th	17th
2017 Hochfilzen	27th	31st	12th	10th	8th	12th
2019 Östersund	5th	48th	DNS	12th	6th	12th	—
2020 Antholz-Anterselva	24th	16th	17th	15th	17th	—	—
2021 Pokljuka	50th	13th	41st	—	21st	18th	21st
2023 Oberhof	18th	25th	25th	16th	—	16th	—

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

World Cup

Season	Age	Overall			Sprint			Pursuit			Individual			Mass start
		Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position
2013/14	21	9/22	48	61st	6/9	48	52nd	2/8	–	–	1/2	–	–	0/3	—	—
2014/15	22	13/25	22	74th	8/10	13	72nd	2/7	7	73rd	3/3	2	68th	0/5	—	—
2015/16	23	16/25	201	35th	6/9	31	61st	5/8	93	28th	3/3	36	26th	2/5	41	32nd
2016/17	24	18/26	292	31st	8/9	79	39th	6/9	141	25th	2/3	14	53rd	2/5	58	28th
2017/18	25	16/22	247	32nd	7/8	72	39th	5/7	49	44th	2/2	44	15th	2/5	82	21st
2018/19	26	23/25	687	6th	8/9	228	7th	7/8	154	17th	3/3	111	2nd	5/5	194	3rd
2019/20	27	19/21	489	13th	8/8	191	10th	4/5	149	6th	2/3	17	45th	5/5	132	11th
2020/21	28	12/26	118	52nd	7/10	75	43rd	4/8	43	46th	1/3	–	–	0/5	—	—
2021/22	29	6/9	30	49th	4/4	7	58th	1/3	21	36th	1/1	2	39th	0/1	—	—

Overall record

Result	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Total
							Individual events	Team events	All events
1st place	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2nd place	–	–	2	2	–	–	4	–	4
3rd place	–	2	2	1	–	–	5	–	5
Podiums	–	2	4	3	–	–	9	–	9
Top 10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Points	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Others	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNF	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DSQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Starts	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

* Results in IBU World Cup races, Olympics and World Championships.

Individual podiums

Season	Place	Competition	Placement
2017–18	Tyumen	Mass start	2nd
2018–19	Pokljuka	Pursuit	3rd
	Hochfilzen	Pursuit	2nd
	Nové Město na Moravě	Sprint	3rd
	Nové Město na Moravě	Mass start	2nd
	Ruhpolding	Mass start	3rd
	Oslo	Sprint	3rd
2019–20	Ruhpolding	Pursuit	2nd
2021–22	Oslo	Pursuit	3rd

References

1. "Paulina Fialkova". Sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 5 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
2. "Dve Slovenky siahali na medailu, jedna ju získala. Ako vyzerali vytrvalostné preteky" [Two Slovak women reached for a medal, one won it. What the endurance race looked like]. sport.sme.sk (in Slovak). 15 February 2018. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
3. "Paulína Fialková sa stala majsterkou sveta v letnom biatlone" [Paulína Fialková became world champion in summer biathlon]. sport.sme.sk (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
4. "Úspešná biatlonistka Paulína Fialková je študentkou Právnickej Fakulty UMB | Marec 2016 | Univerzita Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici" [Successful biathlete Paulína Fialková is a student of the Faculty of Law of UMB | March 2016 | Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica]. www.umb.sk (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
5. "Právnická fakulta Univerzity Mateja Bela – oficiálna stránka" [Faculty of Law, Matej Bel University – official website]. facebook.com (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
6. "Paulína Fialková". facebook.com. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
7. "CRZP – detail kniha: DZB - Zverejnená bakalárska práca: Držanie strelných zbraní a streliva na športové úcely" [CRZP – book detail: DZB - Published bachelor thesis: Possession of firearms and ammunition for sporting purposes]. opac.crzp.sk (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
8. "CRZP – detail kniha: DDP - Zverejnená diplomová práca: Medzinárodnoprávna úprava a kontrolné mechanizmy dopingu v športe" [CRZP – book detail: DDP - Published diploma thesis: International regulation and control mechanisms of doping in sport]. opac.crzp.sk (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
9. "Slovenka roka 2019: Ktorá žena sa stala tou absolútnou víťazkou?" [Slovak of the Year 2019: Which woman became the absolute winner?]. Diva.sk (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
10. "Nächste Traumhochzeit im Biathlon-Zirkus" [Next dream wedding in the biathlon circus]. sport.de (in German). 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
11. "Paulína Fialková". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 17 April 2016.

External links

• Paulina Batovska Fialkova at IBU BiathlonWorld.com
• Paulina Batovska Fialkova at IBU BiathlonResults.com
• Paulina Fialkova at Olympics.com
• Paulína Fialková at Olympedia
• Paulína Fialková at Olympic.sk (in Slovak)