Miroslav Matiaško

Miroslav Matiaško (born 14 July 1982) is a former Slovak biathlete.[1]

Miroslav Matiaško

Matiaško in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Miroslav Matiaško
Born	(1982-07-14) 14 July 1982 Handlová, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
Club	VŠC Dukla Banská Bystrica
World Cup debut	20 December 2002
Olympic Games
Teams	3 (2006, 2010, 2014)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	12 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016)
Medals	0
World Cup
Seasons	14 (2002/03–2015/16)
Individual victories	0
All victories	0
Individual podiums	0
All podiums	1
Medal record Men's biathlon Representing  Slovakia Summer World Championships 2004 Brezno-Osrblie 4 × 4 km relay 2009 Oberhof 4 km sprint 2011 Nové Město Mixed relay 2013 Forni Avoltri Mixed relay Summer European Championships 2010 Brezno-Osrblie Mixed relay 2012 Brezno-Osrblie Mixed relay Winter Universiade 1999 Poprad-Tatry 20 km individual 2005 Innsbruck 4 x 7,5 km relay Junior/Youth World Championships 2003 Kościelisko 15 km individual Junior European Championships 2003 Forni Avoltri 10 km sprint Junior Summer World Championships 2003 Forni Avoltri 6 km mass start 2003 Forni Avoltri 3 × 4 km relay 2003 Forni Avoltri 6 km pursuit

Career

Matiaško debuted in the Biathlon World Cup in the relay in Brezno-Osrblie on 20 December 2002, and his first individual race was on 18 January 2003 in the 10 km sprint event in Ruhpolding.[1] As of January 2015, he has earned one World Cup podium, in the mixed relay event at Kontiolahti in the 2011–12 season. His best individual performance is a 6th-place finish in the individual at the 2010–11 Pokljuka event.[1]

His best overall finish in the World Cup was in 2010–11, placing 73rd. His best performance at a World Championships is 9th, in the 2008 relay. As an individual, his best performance is 32nd, in the 20 km individual in 2013. He also won a silver medal at the 2003 Junior World Championships, in the individual.[1]

He competed in the 2006, 2010 and 2010 Winter Olympics for Slovakia. As of January 2015, his best finish was 12th, as a member of the Slovak relay team in 2014. His best individual performance was 38th, in the 2006 individual.[2]

Matiaško retired from biathlon after the end of the 2015–16 season.[3]

World Cup podiums

Season[1]	Location	Event	Rank
2011–12	Kontiolahti	Mixed Relay

References

1. "Miroslav Matiaško". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
2. Sports-Reference Profile
3. "Miroslav Matiaško". Biathlon-Info. n.d. Retrieved 14 December 2016.

External links

• Miroslav Matiaško at BiathlonWorld.com and BiathlonResults.com from IBU