Katerina JANATOVA

Czech Republic

Cross-Country Skiing

Date of Birth: 13 Mar 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Place of birth: STARKENBACH

Birth Country:

Czech Republic

Residence: JILEMNICE

Residence Country:

Czech Republic

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Cross-Country Skiing	Women's 10km Classic	34
	Women's Sprint Free	19
	Women's Team Sprint Classic CZE Czech Republic	15
	Women's 30km Mass Start Free	22
	Women's 4 x 5km Relay CZE Czech Republic	13

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's Sprint Free Qualification	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's 10km Classic	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's 4 x 5km Relay	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's 30km Mass Start Free	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Rel 4x5 km M Ladies	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
8	Team Sprint Finals Ladies	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
11	Rel 4x5 km M Ladies	2019	Seefeld, AUT
13	Teamsprint C Final Ladies	2019	Seefeld, AUT
21	10 km F Ladies	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
32	SP C Final Ladies	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
41	SP F Final Ladies	2019	Seefeld, AUT
60	10 km C Ladies	2019	Seefeld, AUT

World Cup Rankings
Season	All	Sprint	Distance
2021/2022	43	26	65
2020/2021	41	17	65
2019/2020	47	33	44
2018/2019	115	81

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events until 15km

Season	SP C	SP F	0.2km F	1.5km F	10km C	10km F	10km P	15km F
2021/22	1 x 39th	1 x 18th			1 x 57th	1 x 35th	1 x 33rd
2020/21	1 x 27th	1 x 9th			1 x 41st	1 x 23rd	1 x 30th
2019/20	1 x 21st	1 x 18th	1 x 9th	1 x 9th	1 x 32nd	1 x 13rd	1 x 19th	1 x 4th
2018/19		1 x 49th				1 x 63rd

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events longer than 15km

Season	30km P
2021/22
2020/21	1 x 46th
2019/20
2018/19

Best performances in World Cup races from 2018/2019 - Team events

Season	4x5km M
2021/22	1 x 14th
2020/21
2019/20
2018/19

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
14	Rel 4x5 km M Ladies	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR
17	Teamsprint Finals Ladies	2021/2022	Dresden, GER
18	SP F Final Ladies	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR
21	SP F Final Ladies	2021/2022	Davos, SUI
23	SP F Final Ladies	2021/2022	Dresden, GER
27	FIS Tour de Ski Ladies	2021/2022	FIS Tour de Ski, FIS
33	10 km F Pursuit Ladies	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN
35	10 km F Ladies	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR
39	SP C Final Ladies	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN
47	10 km F Ladies	2021/2022	Davos, SUI

Nickname:

Kate (Instagram)

Hobbies:

Reading, PlayStation 4, and playing volleyball with her friends. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Studies sport and nutrition at the Masaryk University in Brno (CZE). (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Family:

Partner, Ondrej Santora (CZE).

Languages spoken:

Czech, English

Club name:

CKS Ski Jilemnice (CZE)

Coach:

National: Jan Franc (CZE)

Other sports:

Athletics: Does athletics during summer and sometimes competes in running at the first league in athletics in Czech Republic. (nmnm2021.cz, 11 Jul 2021)

Debut:

2016 World Cup in Nove Mesto (10km - 58th)

Injuries:

Dislocated her shoulder. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

National team:

2018

Start:

First did alpine skiing as a kid before she started doing cross-country skiing at age 11. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Reason:

Loves everything about this sport. Her preferred moment is when it starts snowing just before the start of a competition. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Ambition:

Being on the podium in World Cup. Participating at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Training:

Likes visiting and training in Livigno, a ski resort in the Italian Alps, in all seasons. (Instagram, 26 Jan 2021)

Memorable:

Winning her first World Cup points in the sprint in 2018 (Toblach). Achieving her best distance result in Nove Mesto na Morave in 2020. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Hero:

Cross-country skier Petter Northug (NOR), two-time Olympic, 13-time World champion. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Influence:

Always motivated herself the most. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Ritual:

Is superstitious and has rituals before the start of a competition. However, as she is superstitious, she does not want to share them and prefers to keep them secret. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Philosophy:

Sometimes it is better to do less and to do it 100%. Tries to listen to her body and to train harder every year. "Push my body to my limits. Try the best what I can do. Don't forget to enjoy every moment of your life." (Athlete, Jun 2021)

General Interest

COVID-19
Was the very first known case of COVID-19 in elite skiing in September 2020. Started to feel ill at a training camp in Oberhof when she became symptomatic. She had a few days off from training and was in quarantine for 10 days. "I am actually glad that it happened in September and not in December because it could destroy a season. And I am grateful that I didn’t have worse symptoms." (dailyskier.com, 7 Oct 2020)

BIKING ACROSS CZECH REPUBLIC
Together with her friend, Czech biathlete Ondrej Santora, she crossed the country by bike in one day. They rode 280km, even if she never was on a bike more than seven hours before. (nordicmag.info, 11 Jun 2020)

Milestones

Two top-10 finishes at the 2021 World Championships, with a pair of eighths in the team sprint finals and 4x5km relay.

Competed at three U23 World Championships (2018-20) and two Junior World Championships (2016-17).

Broke into the World Cup top-10 in 2019 finishing eighth in the team sprint in Dresden. Of her six top-10 results, five of them are in the team sprint, and one in the sprint.

Raced in the Tour de Ski for the first time in 2020, finishing 27th in the Overall standing.

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/janatova.katerina
https://www.instagram.com/katejanatova/
Athlete Website: https://www.katerinajanatova.cz/cz/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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