| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
|---|
| Olympic Winter Games |
| 1 | 3000 m | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | 4:02.53 |
| 1 | 5000 m | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | 6:50.91 |
| 3 | 1500 m | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | 1:57.96 |
| 4 | 5000 m | 2006 | Torino, ITA | 7:01.38 |
| 7 | 3000 m | 2006 | Torino, ITA | 4:08.42 |
| World Single Distances Championships |
| 1 | 5000 m | 2013 | Sochi, RUS | 6:54.31 |
| 1 | 3000 m | 2012 | Heerenveen, NED | 4:01.88 |
| 1 | 5000 m | 2012 | Heerenveen, NED | 6:50.46 |
| 1 | 5000 m | 2011 | Inzell, GER | 6:50.83 |
| 1 | 5000 m | 2009 | Richmond, BC, CAN | 6:57.84 |
| 1 | 5000 m | 2008 | Nagano, JPN | 6:58.22 |
| 1 | 3000 m | 2007 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA | 3:58.09 |
| 1 | 5000 m | 2007 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA | 6:45.61 |
| 2 | 3000 m | 2013 | Sochi, RUS | 4:04.80 |
| 2 | 3000 m | 2011 | Inzell, GER | 4:02.07 |
| 2 | 3000 m | 2009 | Richmond, BC, CAN | 4:05.50 |
| World Allround Championships |
| 1 | Small Combination | 2010 | Heerenveen, NED | 161.022 |
| 1 | Small Combination | 2009 | Hamar, NOR | 161.616 |
| 2 | Small Combination | 2012 | Moscow, RUS | 161.870 |
| 3 | Small Combination | 2011 | Calgary, AB, CAN | 159.288 |
| World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons |
| Season | Overall | 1000m | 1500m | 3000/5000m |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | 6 | - | 16 | 1 |
| 2012/2013 | 6 | - | 10 | 1 |
| 2011/2012 | 2 | - | 4 | 1 |
| 2010/2011 | - | 39 | 5 | 1 |
| 2009/2010 | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| 2008/2009 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 2007/2008 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 2006/2007 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011 |
| Season | 1500m | 3000m | 5000m | Team Pursuit |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | 1 x 3rd | 2 x 1st | 1 x 1st | 1 x 12th |
| 2012/2013 | 1 x 4th | 2 x 2nd | 2 x 1st | - |
| 2011/2012 | 1 x 3rd | 4 x 1st | 2 x 1st | - |
| 2010/2011 | 1 x 3rd | 2 x 1st | 1 x 1st | - |
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
|---|
| Ten best World Cup performances in current season |
| 1 | 3000 m | 2013/2014 | Berlin, GER | 4:02.25 |
| 1 | 3000 m | 2013/2014 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA | 3:57.79 |
| 1 | 5000 m | 2013/2014 | Astana, KAZ | 6:59.88 |
| 2 | 3000 m | 2013/2014 | Calgary, AB, CAN | 3:59.39 |
| 3 | 1500 m | 2013/2014 | Calgary, AB, CAN | 1:54.44 |
| 12 | Team Pursuit | 2013/2014 | Calgary, AB, CAN | 3:05.79 |
| 20 | 1500 m | 2013/2014 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA | 2:51.62 |
| European Championships |
| 1 | Small Combination | 2012 | Budapest, HUN | 169.922 |
| 1 | Small Combination | 2011 | Collalbo, ITA | 165.104 |
| 1 | Small Combination | 2010 | Hamar, NOR | 162.825 |
| 1 | Small Combination | 2007 | Collalbo, ITA | 162.954 |
| 3 | Small Combination | 2014 | Hamar, NOR | 162.559 |
| 3 | Small Combination | 2009 | Heerenveen, NED | 162.815 |
| 3 | Small Combination | 2008 | Kolomna, RUS | 161.693 |
| 4 | Small Combination | 2013 | Heerenveen, NED | 162.839 |
LegendMS-Mass Start, DNS-Did not start, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified
Additional Information
Start of sporting careerShe began skating in 1998. (Athlete, 04 Dec 2011)
Reason for taking up this sportShe initially enjoyed roller skating and then met her coach Petr Novak, who suggested she try ice skating. (sportnavigator.nl, 30 Jun 2008; Athlete, 04 Dec 2011)
AmbitionsTo compete at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (ONS, 19 Feb 2014)
Most memorable sporting achievementWinning gold in the 3000m and 5000m at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. (Athlete, 04 Dec 2011)
HeroGerman speed skater Claudia Pechstein, Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjorndalen. (NOC Media Guide, 2014)
Most influential person in careerHer coach, and her parents. (Athlete, 04 Dec 2011)
AwardsShe finished runner-up to 2012 Olympic rowing gold medallist Miroslava Knapkova in the 2012 Athlete of the Year award, presented by the Czech Ministry of Interior. (denik.cz, 30 Oct 2012)
She was named Czech Army Athlete of the Year in 2009 and 2010. (ceskatelevize.cz, 2012)
She was named Top Czech Sports Talent in 2006 and was voted Sportsperson of the Year in 2007 at the annual Czech Sports Journalists Awards ceremony. (martinasablikova.cz, 01 Dec 2008; aipsmedia.com 28 Jan 2008)
GeneralHISTORY-MAKER
She became the Czech Republic's most successful Olympian when she claimed her third winter Olympic gold medal at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. She won gold in the 5000m in Sochi, and in both the 3000m and 5000m at the 2010 Games in Vancouver. (ONS, 19 Feb 2014, Sochi Entries, 2014)
COMPETING IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
A lack of artificial ice tracks in the Czech Republic has forced her to train on short tracks [330m] or travel abroad to train on traditional 400m tracks. In 2007 she won the national speed skating title in the Czech Republic competing on a frozen lake. (aipsmedia.com, 28 Jan 2008)
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