Pavla Hamáčková-Rybová
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| World Championships | ||
| Bronze | 2005 Helsinki | Pole Vault |
| World Indoor Championships | ||
| Gold | 2001 Lisbon | Pole Vault |
Pavla Hamáčková-Rybová ([ˈpavla ˈɦama:tʃkova: ˈrɪbova:] ) (born May 20, 1978 in Chomutov) is a Czech athlete who finished 11th place overall in the final of the 2004 Summer Olympics pole vault competition.
In 2001, she won the IAAF World Indoor Championships gold medal after securing a new games record of 4.56 metres.
In 2005, she won bronze at the World Championships in Finland.
Pavla Hamáčková married decathlete Jiří Ryba in 2006. On February 14, 2007 she improved Czech record to 464 cm in Bydgoszcz, Poland, only to be overcome just two hours later by Kateřina Baďurová's 465 cm in Prague, Czech Republic.
| World champions in women's pole vault |
| Outdoor 1999:  Stacy Dragila | 2001: Stacy Dragila | 2003:  Svetlana Feofanova | 2005: Yelena Isinbayeva |
| Indoor 1997: Stacy Dragila | 1999:  Nastja Ryshich | 2001:  Pavla Hamáčková | 2003: Svetlana Feofanova | 2004: Yelena Isinbayeva | 2006: Yelena Isinbayeva |
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