Slovakia at the 2010 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SVK
NOC	Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.olympic.sk (in Slovak)
in Vancouver
Competitors	73 in 8 sports
Flag bearers	Žigmund Pálffy[1] (opening) Pavol Hurajt (closing)
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 3
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Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

Slovakia competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Slovak athletes earned their first gold medal ever in the Winter Olympics with Anastasiya Kuzmina's gold in the women's biathlon sprint event.^[2]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Biathlon	Women's sprint	13 February
Silver	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Biathlon	Women's pursuit	16 February
Bronze	Pavol Hurajt	Biathlon	Men's mass start	21 February

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Jaroslav Babušiak	Combined	DNF			DNF
	Downhill			1:59.99	52
	Giant slalom	1:22.22	1:24.90	2:47.12	44
	Slalom	52.10	54.76	1:46.86	30
	Super-G			1:35.25	37

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Jana Gantnerová	Giant slalom	1:20.00	1:15.73	2:35.73	35
	Slalom	53.54	53.92	1:47.46	24
Veronika Zuzulová	Giant slalom	1:18.96	DNS
	Slalom	52.11	53.03	1:45.14	10

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Pavol Hurajt	Sprint	25:15.0	1 (0+1)	7
	Pursuit	35:12.8	3 (1+0+0+2)	16
	Mass start	35:52.3	0
	Individual	49:39.0	1 (0+0+1+0)	5
Marek Matiaško	Sprint	27:37.4	3 (1+2)	66
	Individual	52:47.9	2 (0+1+0+1)	33
Miroslav Matiaško	Sprint	28:15.9	4 (1+3)	76
	Individual	53:29.2	3 (1+1+0+1)	47
Dušan Šimočko	Sprint	28:11.4	3 (1+2)	75
	Individual	51:20.6	2 (0+0+2+0)	18

Men's relay

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Miroslav Matiaško Marek Matiaško Dušan Šimočko Pavol Hurajt	4 x 7.5 km relay	1:28:54.1	14 (2+12)	15

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Jana Gereková	Sprint	21:54.0	3 (1+2)	40
	Pursuit	34:17.4	4 (0+3+0+1)	40
	Individual	45:46.4	4 (1+0+1+2)	46
Martina Halinárová	Sprint	22:19.0	2 (1+1)	54
	Pursuit	LAP	6 (1+2+3+ )	LAP
	Individual	45:38.7	3 (0+1+0+2)	44
Ľubomíra Kalinová	Sprint	23:47.2	5 (3+2)	81
	Individual	50:38.7	7 (2+0+2+3)	80
Anastasiya Kuzmina	Sprint	19:55.6	1 (1+0)
	Pursuit	30:28.3	2 (0+1+1+0)
	Mass start	36:02.9	3 (1+1+1+0)	8
	Individual	45:16.0	5 (2+1+1+1)	39

Women's relay

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Martina Halinárová Anastasiya Kuzmina Natália Prekopová Jana Gereková	4 x 6 km relay	1:13:15.8	12 (1+11)	13

Two-man

Athletes	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Milan Jagnešák Petr Narovec	53.18	53.16	52.73	52.99	3:32.06	20

Four-man

Athletes	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Milan Jagnešák Martin Tešovič Marcel Lopuchovský Petr Narovec	55.25	DNS

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martin Bajčičák	15 km freestyle							34:59.3	23
	30 km pursuit							1:17:58.1	25
Ivan Bátory	15 km freestyle							35:38.1	40
Michal Malák	15 km freestyle							36:22.8	54
Peter Mlynár	Sprint	3:55.76	57	DNQ					57

Women

Alena Procházková participated only for one event due to inflammation of the trachea.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alena Procházková	Sprint	3:46.16	16 Q	3:40.1	4	DNQ			18

Athlete(s)	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ivana Reitmayerová	Ladies'			41.94	28	DNQ

Roster

The following is the Slovak roster in the men's ice hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Olympics.^[4]

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2009–10 team
31	G	Peter Budaj	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	18 September 1982	Banská Bystrica	Colorado Avalanche (NHL)
41	G	Jaroslav Halák	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	13 May 1985	Bratislava	Montreal Canadiens (NHL)
35	G	Rastislav Staňa	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	10 January 1980	Košice	Severstal (KHL)
7	D	Ivan Baranka	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	19 May 1985	Ilava	Spartak Moscow (KHL)
33	D	Zdeno Chára – C	206 cm (6 ft 9 in)	116 kg (256 lb)	18 March 1977	Trenčín	Boston Bruins (NHL)
68	D	Milan Jurčina	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)	111 kg (245 lb)	7 June 1983	Liptovský Mikuláš	Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL)
14	D	Andrej Meszároš	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	13 October 1985	Považská Bystrica	Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL)
44	D	Andrej Sekera	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	8 June 1986	Bojnice	Buffalo Sabres (NHL)
77	D	Martin Štrbák	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	15 January 1975	Prešov	HC MVD (KHL)
17	D	Ľubomír Višňovský	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	11 August 1976	Topoľčany	Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
23	F	Ľuboš Bartečko	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	14 July 1976	Kežmarok	Färjestad (SEL)
8	F	Martin Cibák	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	17 May 1980	Liptovský Mikuláš	Spartak Moscow (KHL)
38	F	Pavol Demitra – A	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	29 November 1974	Dubnica nad Váhom	Vancouver Canucks (NHL)
10	F	Marián Gáborík	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	14 February 1982	Trenčín	New York Rangers (NHL)
26	F	Michal Handzuš	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	11 March 1977	Banská Bystrica	Los Angeles Kings (NHL)
91	F	Marcel Hossa	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	12 October 1981	Ilava	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
81	F	Marián Hossa – A	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	12 January 1979	Stará Ľubovňa	Chicago Blackhawks (NHL)
82	F	Tomáš Kopecký	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	5 February 1982	Ilava	Chicago Blackhawks (NHL)
24	F	Žigmund Pálffy	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	5 May 1972	Skalica	HK 36 Skalica (SVK)
92	F	Branko Radivojevič	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	24 November 1980	Piešťany	Spartak Moscow (KHL)
18	F	Miroslav Šatan	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	22 October 1974	Topoľčany	Boston Bruins (NHL)
15	F	Jozef Stümpel	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	101 kg (223 lb)	20 July 1972	Nitra	Barys Astana (KHL)
20	F	Richard Zedník	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	6 January 1976	Banská Bystrica	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL)

Defenceman Richard Lintner was initially selected, but was replaced by Ivan Baranka.^[5]

Slovakia played in Group B.

Round-robin

All times are local (UTC-8).

17 February 2010 21:00

Czech Republic

3–1 (1–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Slovakia

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,924

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	Jaroslav Halák	Referees: Brent Reiber Brad Watson Linesmen: Shane Heyer Sylvain Losier
	P. Eliáš (M. Havlát, M. Blaťák) – 9:02 1–0 1–1 20:47 – M. Gáborík (Mari. Hossa, P. Demitra) J. Jágr (R. Červenka) – 37:56 2–1 T. Plekanec (J. Jágr, M. Židlický) – 39:58 3–1
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	35

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18 February 2010 21:00

Slovakia

2–1 (SO) (0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Russia

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,202

Game reference
	Jaroslav Halák	Goalies	Ilya Bryzgalov	Referees: Danny Kurmann Bill McCreary Linesmen: Jay Sharrers Felix Winnekens
	0–1 25:32 – A. Morozov (A. Markov, S. Zinovyev) Mari. Hossa (Demitra, Marc. Hossa) – 49:48 1–1
	J. Stümpel P. Demitra Mari. Hossa J. Stümpel M. Handzuš M. Gáborík P. Demitra	Shootout	A. Morozov A. Ovechkin P. Datsyuk A. Ovechkin I. Kovalchuk A. Ovechkin E. Malkin
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	37

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20 February 2010 16:30

Latvia

0–6 (0–3, 0–2, 0–1)

Slovakia

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,023

Game reference
	Edgars Masaļskis	Goalies	Jaroslav Halák	Referees: Dan O'Halloran Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Andriy Kicha Brian Murphy
	0–1 2:44 – Ľ. Višňovský (J. Stümpel, R. Zedník) (PP) 0–2 9:11 – R. Zedník (M. Handzuš, Ľ. Bartečko) 0–3 17:08 – J. Stümpel (Ž. Pálffy) 0–4 21:07 – Mari. Hossa (J. Stümpel) (PP) 0–5 22:20 – M. Handzuš 0–6 57:20 – I. Baranka (M. Štrbák, M. Handzuš)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	37

Standings

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Russia	3	2	0	1	0	13	6	+7	7	Quarterfinals
Czech Republic	3	2	0	0	1	10	7	+3	6
Slovakia	3	1	1	0	1	9	4	+5	5
Latvia	3	0	0	0	3	4	19	−15	0

Qualification playoff

23 February 2010 21:00

Slovakia

4–3 (3–1, 0–2, 1–0)

Norway

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,583

Game reference
	Jaroslav Halák	Goalies	Pål Grotnes	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Marc Joannette Linesmen: Andriy Kicha Sylvain Losier
	M. Handzuš (M. Gáborík, Mari. Hossa) (PP) – 7:03 1–0 M. Gáborík (P. Demitra, Z. Chára) (PP) – 9:48 2–0 2–1 18:06 – M. Zuccarello (J. Holøs) R. Zedník (J. Stümpel, Ž. Pálffy) (PP) – 18:52 3–1 3–2 27:27 – T. Vikingstad (P. Thoresen, M. Zuccarello) 3–3 39:59 – A. Bastiansen (M. Olimb, P. Thoresen) M. Šatan (Ľ. Višňovský, R. Zedník) – 48:41 4–3
	4 min	Penalties	29 min
	40	Shots	19

Quarterfinal

24 February 2010 21:00

Sweden

3–4 (0–0, 2–3, 1–1)

Slovakia

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,493

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Jaroslav Halák	Referees: Bill McCreary Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Peter Feola Jean Morin
	0–1 27:34 – M. Gáborík (Mari. Hossa, P. Demitra) (PP) 0–2 28:11 – A. Sekera (R. Zedník, Ž. Pálffy) P. Hörnqvist (P. Forsberg) – 33:49 1–2 H. Zetterberg (T. Enström) – 34:26 2–2 2–3 39:12 – P. Demitra (Z. Chára, Mari. Hossa) (PP) 2–4 49:01 – T. Kopecký (Mari. Hossa, Demitra) D. Alfredsson (N. Bäckström, L. Eriksson) – 49:39 3–4
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	14

Semifinal

26 February 2010 18:30

Canada

3–2 (2–0, 1–0, 0–2)

Slovakia

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,799

Game reference
	Roberto Luongo	Goalies	Jaroslav Halák	Referees: Dennis LaRue Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Thor Nelson
	P. Marleau (S. Weber, S. Niedermayer) – 13:30 1–0 B. Morrow (C. Pronger, R. Getzlaf) – 15:17 2–0 R. Getzlaf (C. Perry, C. Pronger) (PP) – 36:54 3–0 3–1 51:35 – Ľ. Višňovský (J. Stümpel) 3–2 55:07 – M. Handzuš (R. Zedník, M. Šatan)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	28	Shots	21

Bronze medal game

27 February 2010 19:00

Finland

5–3 (1–0, 0–3, 4–0)

Slovakia

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,322

Game reference
	Miikka Kiprusoff	Goalies	Jaroslav Halák	Referees: Paul Devorski Brad Watson Linesmen: Petr Blümel Yuri Oskirko
	S. Salo (PP) – 18:50 1–0 1–1 29:56 – M. Gáborík (P. Demitra, Z. Chára) (PP) 1–2 35:38 – Mari. Hossa (M. Handzuš, P. Demitra) (PP2) 1–3 38:45 – P. Demitra (Mari. Hossa) (SH) N. Hagman (K. Timonen) (PP) – 45:06 2–3 O. Jokinen (J. Ruutu) – 46:41 3–3 O. Jokinen (J. Pitkänen, M. Kiprusoff) (PP) – 48:41 4–3 V. Filppula (K. Timonen) (EN) – 59:49 5–3
	14 min	Penalties	18 min
	33	Shots	22

Roster

The following is the Slovak roster in the women's ice hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Olympics.^[6]

Position	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2009–10 team
G	Jana Budajová	166	53	16 November 1992	Liptovský Mikuláš	HK Poprad
G	Monika Kvaková	164	58	15 December 1988	Žiar nad Hronom	HC Slovan Bratislava
G	Zuzana Tomčíková	179	72	23 April 1988	Zvolen	Bemidji State Beavers
D	Petra Babiaková	175	70	27 July 1977	Zvolen	HC Slovan Bratislava
D	Barbora Brémová	168	60	24 August 1991	Košice	HC Slovan Bratislava
D	Iveta Karafiátová – C	178	75	14 May 1988	Bratislava	Linköpings HC
D	Michaela Matejová	169	57	2 March 1986	Martin	SC Reinach
D	Petra Országhová	168	58	7 April 1981	Banská Bystrica	HC Slovan Bratislava
D	Edita Raková	171	62	18 May 1978	Humenné	HC Slovan Bratislava
F	Natalie Babonyová	175	70	22 October 1983	Oshawa, Canada	Toronto Crush
F	Nikoleta Celárová	168	60	27 February 1983	Kežmarok	HC Slovan Bratislava
F	Janka Čulíková	178	75	30 June 1983	Martin	HK Spišská Nová Ves
F	Nicol Čupková	169	57	4 November 1992	Košice	HC Slovan Bratislava
F	Anna Džurňáková – A	168	58	24 January 1983	Kežmarok	HC Slovan Bratislava
F	Nikola Gápová	171	62	19 June 1989	Poprad	HC Slovan Bratislava
F	Maria Herichová	175	70	12 June 1990	Poprad	HC Slovan Bratislava
F	Petra Jurčová	168	60	22 June 1987	Košice	HC Slovan Bratislava
F	Jana Kapustová – A	178	75	11 August 1983	Žilina	Tornado Moscow
F	Zuzana Moravčíková	169	57	23 October 1980	Ružomberok	HC Slovan Bratislava
F	Petra Pravlíková	168	58	4 June 1985	Levoča	Tornado Moscow
F	Martina Veličková	171	62	17 February 1989	Prešov	HC Slovan Bratislava

Slovakia played in Group A.

Round-robin

All times are local (UTC-8).

13 February 2010 17:00

Canada

18–0 (7–0, 6–0, 5–0)

Slovakia

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,496

Game reference
	Kim St-Pierre	Goalies	Zuzana Tomčíková	Referee: Joy Tottman (Great Britain)
	Irwin (Vaillancourt, Johnston) – 1:39 1–0 Bonhomme (Hefford, MacLeod) – 3:06 2–0 Agosta (Ouellette, Wickenheiser) (PP) – 5:38 3–0 MacLeod (Bonhomme, Ouellette) – 8:21 4–0 Agosta (Kellar, Sostorics) – 11:34 5–0 Kingsbury (Piper, Apps) – 15:09 6–0 Sostorics (Hefford, Agosta) – 16:20 7–0 Vaillancourt (Johnston) – 23:42 8–0 Poulin (PP) – 27:21 9–0 Agosta (Hefford, Ouellette) – 30:19 10–0 Hefford (Wickenheiser) (SH) – 32:00 11–0 Ouellette (Apps, Sostorics) (SH) – 32:44 12–0 MacLeod (Poulin, Sostorics) – 36:42 13–0 Hefford (Agosta, MacLeod) – 44:23 14–0 Irwin (Vaillancourt, Ward) – 44:37 15–0 Piper (Wickenheiser) – 46:54 16–0 Hefford (Ouellette, Kellar) – 51:03 17–0 Kingsbury (Botterill) – 52:52 18–0
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	67	Shots	9

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15 February 2010 19:00

Sweden

6–2 (3–2, 1–0, 2–0)

Slovakia

UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,323

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Zuzana Tomčíková	Referee: Aina Høve (Norway)
	Winberg (Holmlöv, Holst) (PP) – 5:01 1–0 1–1 9:52 – Džurňáková (Babonyová, Herichová) Winberg (Eliasson, Holmlöv) (PP) – 12:11 2–1 2–2 13:29 – Čupková (Čulíková, Kapustová) Asserholt (Myrén, Östberg) – 16:07 3–2 Winberg (E. Andersson) – 29:07 4–2 Holmlöv (Holst, G. Andersson) (PP) – 46:08 5–2 Winberg (Nordin) – 53:20 6–2
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	48	Shots	16

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17 February 2010 19:00

Slovakia

2–5 (1–0, 0–1, 1–4)

Switzerland

UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,272

Game reference
	Zuzana Tomčíková	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referee: Ulla Sipilä (Finland)
	Čulíková (Čupková) – 7:10 1–0 1–1 35:39 – S. Marty Čulíková (Kapustová, Čupková) – 40:19 2–1 2–2 50:35 – S. Marty (Nussbaum) 2–3 51:18 – Benz (Meier, Schelling) 2–4 56:28 – Lehmann (Leimgruber) (SH) 2–5 58:25 – S. Marty (Hafliger, Benz)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	45

Standings

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Canada	3	3	0	0	0	41	2	+39	9	Semifinals
Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	10	15	−5	6
Switzerland	3	1	0	0	2	6	15	−9	3	5–8th classification
Slovakia	3	0	0	0	3	4	29	−25	0

Fifth place semifinal

20 February 2010 19:00

Russia

4–2 (2–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Slovakia

UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,488

Game reference
	Irina Gashennikova	Goalies	Zuzana Tomčíková	Referee: Aina Høve (Norway) Linesmen: Annica Flöden (Sweden) Kerry Rumble (Canada)
	Sotnikova (Lebedeva) – 7:34 1–0 Gavrilova (Sergina, Smolentseva) (PP) – 18:16 2–0 2–1 23:24 – Pravlíková (Veličková) (PP) Terentieva (Kapustina, Dyubanok) (SH) – 33:45 3–1 3–2 40:31 – Kapustová (Veličková) Gavrilova (PP) – 50:26 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	19

Seventh place game

22 February 2010 14:00

China

3–1 (0–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Slovakia

UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,284

Game reference
	Shi Yao	Goalies	Zuzana Tomčíková	Referee: Joy Tottman (Great Britain)
	0–1 10:37 – Pravlíková (Jurčová, Veličková) Wang L. (Yu, Jiang) – 37:15 1–1 Sun (Zhang S., Jin) – 45:04 2–1 Wang L. (Zhang B.) – 51:44 3–1
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	21

Women's singles

Athlete	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Veronika Sabolová	41.999	41.925	42.563	42.055	2:48.542	14
Jana Šišajová	42.297	42.172	42.529	48.101	2:55.099	27

Men's singles

Athlete	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Jozef Ninis	49.196	49.153	49.643	49.039	3:17.414	24

Doubles

Athlete	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Ján Harniš & Branislav Regec	42.018	41.924	1:23.942	11

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying			First round			Final
		Distance (m)	Points	Rank	Distance (m)	Points	Rank	Distance (m)	Points	Rank
Tomáš Zmoray	Normal hill	94.5	107.5	42	DNQ
	Large hill	119.5	100.6	40 Q	108.0	77.4	43	DNQ