Veronika Machyniaková (born 14 September 1997) is a retired Slovak biathlete who competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics held in Beijing, China.

Veronika Machyniaková was born on 14 September 1997 in the village of Hronec, close to Brezno.^[1][2] Her father Ľubomír Machyniak is a former professional biathlete who competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics and became a Slovak Biathlon Association functionary after retirement. Her younger sister Júlia is a biathlete as well.^[3] While competing in professional biathlon, Machyniaková graduated in economics from the Matej Bel University.^[1]

As a junior, Machyniaková trained with KB Osrblie.^[1] In the 2019/20 session, she advanced to the Senior national team to fill the vacant space left by the retirement of Anastasiya Kuzmina.^[3] Despite excellent performance at shooting, she only achieved average results overall. Her best career result was the 15th place at the 2021 IBU Open European Championships.^[4]

Despite her mixed performances, Machynová was a part of the Slovak biathlon team at the 2022 Winter Olympics in China as a replacement for the Remeň twins, who refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19.^[5] Following her disappointing performance in the Olympics, Machyniaková retired from competitive biathlon.^[6]