Marek Matiaško

Marek Matiaško (born 29 October 1977 in Bojnice ) is a Slovak biathlete.

Marek Matiaško operates since 1993 Biathlon. The sport soldier from Banská Bystrica is trained by Pavol Kobela and starts for VSC Dukla Banská Bystrica. Since 1997 he is a member of the Slovak national team. His brother Miroslav Matiaško is also a biathlete.

Matiaško gave in 1997 at a sprint in Ruhpolding ( 110 ) made ​​his debut in the Biathlon World Cup. The highlight of his first season were the Junior World Championships in Forni Avoltri. Here he won the bronze medal in the sprint. A year later he started in Pokljuka first time at Biathlon World Championships, but did not in the pursuit of the finish. In the summer he also competed at the World Championships in Osrblie in summer biathlon. The 1999/2000 season brought a first start Matiaškos in the European Cup. In peace hamlet was a fourth place in the relay the best placement. His breakthrough Matiaško in the championships of the season. At the European Championships in Zakopane, he was 17th in singles and seventh in the relay. Even better, it ran at the World Championships at Holmenkollen in Oslo. After a 47th place in the sprint he won as the 28th in the pursuit of first World Cup points. In the next race, an individual, he came in seventh place even for the first time among the top 10. The 50th place in the World Cup was his second- best finish in the standings.

2002 started Matiaško for the first time in the Olympic Games. In Salt Lake City, however, was a 39th place in the Sprint its best placement. In the subsequent European Championships in Kontiolahti he was fourth in the sprint and fifth in the pursuit. A year later he was also sixth in the individual in Forni Avoltri. At the same place they started in the summer of the year at the Summer Biathlon World Championships. In the sprint, he finished eighth in the pursuit and seventh in individual and team competition, which also includes Pavol Hurajt belonged, he won the bronze medals. In 2004, he stepped in to the military, world championships and finished sixth in the patrol run. His outstanding results achieved Matiaško always at major events. After his seventh World Cup place, which was so far his best finish, it was able to improve the result at the Olympic Winter Games 2006 in Turin yet. In individual he could reach fifth place. Marek took Matiaško 2010 erneutan the Winter Olympics in part. His best result in Vancouver was the 33rd place in the individual. With the season he was ranked 15th

Biathlon World Cup rankings

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including hosting the Olympic Games and World Championships ).