Lucia Klocová

Lucia Klocová (born November 20, 1983 in Martin) is a Slovak middle distance athlete, who specialises in the 800 metres. She represented Slovakia at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games. She has also reached the semi-finals of the World Championships in Athletics on four occasions.

She was a highly successful junior athlete, winning the bronze medal at the 2000 World Junior Championships and then going on to become the 2001 European Junior Champion. The following year she improved one place on the global stage, taking a silver medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships. Stepping up an age level, she won the silver at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships.

She set a personal best in the 800 m at the 2008 Meeting Gaz de France in Paris. Her time of 1:58.51 was a step towards Gabriela Sedláková's Slovakian record of 1:58.37, but it was overshadowed by Pamela Jelimo's African record run.[1]

Klocová reached her first senior final at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, and she just missed out on a medal with a fourth place finish in the women's 800 m. She broke Andrea Sollarova's seventeen-year-old national record over 1500 metres at the Athletics Bridge meet in Dubnica later that year. Her time of 4:08.86 was enough for second place behind Olympic finalist Anna Mishchenko, who set a meet record.[2]

She is coached by Pavel Slouka and her club is AK ZTS Martin, where she returned after 8 years spent in Slávia UK Bratislava.[3]

Competition record

All in 800 metres, except where stated
Year Competition Venue Position Notes
2000 World Junior Championships Santiago de Chile 3rd
2001 European Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 1st
2002 World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 2nd
2003 World Championships Paris, France 6th (semis) 2:00.73
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 6th (semis) 2:00.79
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 7th (semis) 2:00.64
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 5th (semis) 2:00.63
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 3rd (semis) 1:58.62
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 4th
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 3rd (semis) 1:58.80
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 5th
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 7th (semis) 2:01.56
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 4th 1:59.48

References

  1. ^ Turner, Chris (2008-07-18). Jelimo 1:54.97; Robles 12.88; Wariner 43.86 in Paris - ÅF Golden League, Paris. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-08-24.
  2. ^ Juck, Alfons (2010-08-24). Shot putters rule in Dubnica. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-08-24.
  3. ^ Z Lucie je už bežkyňa pod dve minúty, SME [1]

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