Tereza Kmochová (born 26 September 1990) is a Czech deaf female alpine skier.[1][2] She has represented Czech Republic in Winter Deaflympics, Winter Universiade and in the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. She generally competes in the women's combined, slalom, giant slalom, Super-G events at international alpine skiing competitions.[3] She is considered one of the finest deaflympic alpine skiers to have competed at the Deaflympics and also regarded as a finest athlete to have represented Czech Republic at the Deaflympics with a record haul of 10 medals including 7 gold medals. In the 2015 Winter Deaflympics she created history after winning gold medals in all five events such as giant slalom,[4] super combined,[5] slalom,[6] downhill[7] and Super-G.[8][9][10][11]

Tereza Kmochová
Kmochová in 2018
Personal information
NationalityCzech
Born (1990-09-26) 26 September 1990 (age 34)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
WebsiteTerezá Kmochova
Sport
Country Czech Republic
Sportalpine skiing
ClubSki Klub Hárrachov
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Czech Republic
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Deaflympics 8 6 1
Deaflympics
Gold medal – first place Salt Lake 2007 Giant slalom
Gold medal – first place Salt Lake 2007 Downhill
Gold medal – first place Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 Giant slalom
Gold medal – first place Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 Super combined
Gold medal – first place Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 Super-G
Gold medal – first place Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 Downhill
Gold medal – first place Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 Slalom
Gold medal – first place Province of Sondrio 2019 Giant slalom
Silver medal – second place Salt Lake 2007 Alpine combined
Silver medal – second place Salt Lake 2007 Slalom
Silver medal – second place Province of Sondrio 2019 Downhill
Silver medal – second place Province of Sondrio 2019 Super-G
Silver medal – second place Province of Sondrio 2019 Slalom
Silver medal – second place Province of Sondrio 2019 Alpine combined
Bronze medal – third place Salt Lake 2007 Super-G
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place Almaty 2017 parallel team

Tereza Kmochová was awarded the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award in 2015 for her achievements in the sport of alpine skiing especially claiming five gold medals during the 2015 Winter Deaflympics which was held in Russia.[12][13] She was also nominated for the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award in 2007 and 2010.

Despite her deafness, she was eligible to represent Czech Republic in the 2015 Winter Universiade, 2017 Winter Universiade, FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 and FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017. Tereza Kmochova was also the part of the Czech delegation which clinched the gold medal in the Parallel mixed alpine skiing team event during the 2017 Winter Universiade.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Tereza Kmochova | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Alpine Skiing - Athlete: Tereza KMOCHOVA". FIS-SKI. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Tereza Kmochová - Audi Ski Team". www.audi.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Women's Giant Slalom | 2015 Winter Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Women's super combined | 2015 Winter Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Women's Slalom | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Women's Downhill |2015 Winter Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Women's Super-G |2015 Winter Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Czech skier continues dominance of Deaflympics by claiming fourth gold medal". Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Czech star Kmochova secures hat-trick of Alpine skiing titles at Winter Deaflympics". Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Tereza Kmochova – a five-time champion of Deaflympics 2015! - XVIII Сурдлимпийские зимние игры". ugra2015.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  12. ^ "2015 Deaf Sportswoman of the Year | ICSD". www.ciss.org. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Athletes | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 7 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  14. ^ Swiss-Timing Corgemont Switzerland (5 February 2017). "Shymbulak Ski Resort Alpine Skiing Parallel Nations Team Event Brackets" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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