Yvetta Hlaváčová

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Medal record
Women's swimming
Competitor for Czech Republic
European Championships
Silver	1991 Athens	5km Open Water
Bronze	1995 Vienna	25 km Open Water

Yvetta Hlaváčová (born 26 May 1975 in Boskovice) is a Czech national team member in long-distance swimming and women’s world record holder from swimming the English Channel in a time of 7 h, 25 mins ^[1]

While she has pursued indoor swimming, she has earned much more success on the open water. The swimmer, who has been at the top of long-distance swimming for several years, still has a lot of new challenges ahead of her, including the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

List of successful English Channel Swims
- 2005 in 8 h 42 mins
- 2006 in 7 h 25 mins (WR)
- 2007 in 7 h 53 mins