Feb 24 (Reuters) - Factbox on Czech Republic’s Martina Sablikova who won the gold medal in the women’s speed skating 5,000m at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Wednesday.
Age: 22
Place of birth: Nove Mesto Na Morave, Czech Republic
Residence: Velky Osek, Czech Republic
Previous Olympic results:
Gold, 2010 Winter Olympics, 3000m
Bronze, 2010 Winter Olympics, 1500m
Fourth place, 2006 Winter Olympics, 5000m
Seventh place, 2006 Winter Olympics, 3000m
Career achievements:
3x Gold, 2009, 2008, 2007 World Single Distances Championships, 5000m
Gold, 2007 World Single Distances Championships, 3000m
Gold, 2009 World Allround Championships, small combination
2x Gold, 2010, 2007 European Championships, small combination
BACKGROUND
Sablikova began skating in 1998 and has also been competing in road cycling since 2007. Her younger brother, Milan, is also a speed skater.
A lack of artifical ice tracks in her homeland has forced her to train on short tracks or travel abroad. In 2007 she won the national speed skating title competing on a frozen lake.
Her Vancouver victory in the 3000m made her just the second Czech woman to win a Winter Games gold following cross-country skier Katerina Neumannova in 2006.
Age: 22
Place of birth: Nove Mesto Na Morave, Czech Republic
Residence: Velky Osek, Czech Republic
Previous Olympic results:
Gold, 2010 Winter Olympics, 3000m
Bronze, 2010 Winter Olympics, 1500m
Fourth place, 2006 Winter Olympics, 5000m
Seventh place, 2006 Winter Olympics, 3000m
Career achievements:
3x Gold, 2009, 2008, 2007 World Single Distances Championships, 5000m
Gold, 2007 World Single Distances Championships, 3000m
Gold, 2009 World Allround Championships, small combination
2x Gold, 2010, 2007 European Championships, small combination
BACKGROUND
Sablikova began skating in 1998 and has also been competing in road cycling since 2007. Her younger brother, Milan, is also a speed skater.
A lack of artifical ice tracks in her homeland has forced her to train on short tracks or travel abroad. In 2007 she won the national speed skating title competing on a frozen lake.
Her Vancouver victory in the 3000m made her just the second Czech woman to win a Winter Games gold following cross-country skier Katerina Neumannova in 2006.
