Pavla Hamáčková-Rybová
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Pavla Hamáčková-Rybová in Potsdam 2005. |
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| Women's athletics | |||
| World Championships | |||
| Bronze | 2005 Helsinki | Pole vault | |
| World Indoor Championships | |||
| Gold | 2001 Lisbon | Pole vault | |
Pavla Hamáčková-Rybová ([ˈpavla ˈɦamaːtʃkovaː ˈrɪbovaː] ) (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.[1]
In 2001, she won the IAAF World Indoor Championships gold medal after securing a new games record of 4.56 metres.[1]
In 2005, she won bronze at the World Championships in Finland.[1]
Pavla Hamáčková married decathlete Jiří Ryba in 2006.[1] 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.
[edit] References
| World champions in women's pole vault |
| Outdoor Stacy Dragila (1999, 2001) • Svetlana Feofanova (2003) • Yelena Isinbayeva (2005, 2007) |
| Indoor Stacy Dragila (1997) • Nastja Ryshich (1999) • Pavla Hamáčková (2001) • Svetlana Feofanova (2003) • Yelena Isinbayeva (2004, 2006, 2008) |
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