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Kateřina Smutná
Kateřina Smutná in 2010
Country Czech Republic
Born (1983-06-13) 13 June 1983 (age 41)
Jablonec nad Nisou, Czechoslovakia
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Ski clubHSV Saalfelden
World Cup career
Seasons11 – (2003, 2007–2015, 2017)
Indiv. starts171
Indiv. podiums0
Team starts4
Team podiums0
Overall titles0 – (24th in 2009, 2013)
Discipline titles0

Kateřina Smutná (born 13 June 1983) is a Czech national ski team member and a former Austrian cross-country skier.

Personal life

Smutná grew up in Jablonec and after trying modern gymnastics became a member of ski club in the same town.

Career

For the Czech Republic

Smutná achieved many success and titles of national champion in younger and junior categories in cross-country skiing as well as rollerski in the summer.

In 2002, Smutná finished 13th at the World Junior Championships. A year later in 2003, she competed in Val di Fiemme as a member of the Czech national cross country team. After an unsatisfying result, she was accused by the head coach of sabotaging the race and was sacked from the national team. This was followed by several incidents and conflicts which she attributed to an inflexible and old-fashioned management system. She last competed for the Czech Republic in 2005.

In March 2016, she won Vasaloppet. and February 2018, she won Tjejvasan.

For Austria

In 2006, Smutná decided to change her citizenship and continue her sports career in Austria. Her best World Cup finish for Austrian national team was fourth in a sprint event at Whistler Olympic Park, Canada in January 2009. Smutná's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 11th in the sprint event at Sapporo in 2007.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished 11th in the individual sprint, 29th in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit, and 33rd in the 30 kilometres events.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual  		 15 km 
 skiathlon  		 30 km 
 mass start  		 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay  		 Team 
 sprint 
2010 26 — 29 32 11 — —
2014 30 20 45 — — 12 8

World Championships

 Year   Age   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay  		 Team 
 sprint 
2003 19 51 — — — — — —
2007 23 — — — DNF 11 — —
2009 25 24 — DNF — — — —
2011 26 15 — — — 36 — 36
2013 27 — — 18 — 13 11 16
2015 29 — — — — 31 — —
2017 31 31 — — — — 11 —

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening 		Tour de
Ski 		World Cup
Final
2003 19 NC — NC — — —
2007 23 41 42 30 — DNF —
2008 24 39 41 31 — 27 33
2009 25 24 24 13 — 23 35
2010 26 38 48 19 — DNF 33
2011 27 43 36 30 37 DNF DNF
2012 28 33 38 27 22 33 DNF
2013 29 24 32 15 14 DNF 35
2014 30 41 30 34 19 DNF DNF
2015 31 88 59 NC — — —
2017 33 NC NC — — — —

References

  1. "Historiska segrare" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet. p. 2. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. "Perfekt svensk förlust i Tjejvasan" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  3. "SMUTNA Katerina". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 25 December 2019.

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