Denisa Hurban Baránková (7 September 2001 – 22 June 2026) was a Slovak archer.[1] She won the gold medal in the women's individual recurve event at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China. She competed in the women's individual event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]
 Denisa Baránková at Paris 2024 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Slovak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 September 2001 Bratislava, Slovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 June 2026 (aged 24) Bratislava, Slovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Archery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Recurve | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | LK Bratislava | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Vladimir Hurban | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Baránková made her debut in the Slovak national team in 2017 and subsequently competed at numerous international tournaments such as the 2019 European Games. At the 2021 European Field championship she became first Slovak archer to ever qualify for the World Games.
She represented Slovakia at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[3] She competed in the women's individual recurve event.[3]
Baránková represented Slovakia at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the Women's individual event. During the ranking round she was seeded 48th and was knocked out in the elimination round by Amélie Cordeau 3–7.[4]
Baránková died on 22 June 2026, at the age of 24.[5] She died in Kramáre Hospital in Bratislava, following a pedestrian-vehicle collision[6] at Osuského Street in Petržalka, being hit by a vehicle, which had gone out of control after firefighters had freed it from under a tree that had fallen on it during a windstorm.[7][8]
References
edit- ↑ "Denisa Baránková". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ↑ "Archery: Women's individual start list (ranking round)" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- 1 2 "Archery Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- ↑ "WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL RANKING ROUND RESULTS". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ↑ "Denisa Hurban Baránková už nie je medzi nami". Slz. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
- ↑ "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
- ↑ Slebodníková, Stella (22 June 2026). "MIMORIADNE: Tragédia na parkovisku v Petržalke pripravila o život mladú slovenskú olympioničku. Mala len 24 rokov". Startitup.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 22 June 2026.
- ↑ Zekuciová, Patrícia (22 June 2026). "Zomrela slovenská olympionička Denisa Hurban Baránková (†24), mala sa stať obeťou tragickej nehody". Správy STVR (in Slovak). Retrieved 22 June 2026.
External links
edit- Denisa Baránková at World Archery
- Denisa Baránková at Olympics.com
- Denisa Baránková at the Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee (in Slovak)
- Denisa Baránková at Olympedia
- Denisa Baránková at the World Games
- Denisa Baránková at InterSportStats
- Denisa Baránková at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Denisa Baránková on Instagram
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