Taťána Kocembová

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Taťána Kocembová

Personal information

Full name

Taťána Kocembová

Born

2 May 1962
Ostrava, Czechoslovakia

Sport

Country

Czechoslovakia

Sport

Athletics

Event(s)

400 metres

Medal record

Women's Athletics
Competitor for Czechoslovakia
World Championships
Silver	1983 Helsinki	400 m
Silver	1983 Helsinki	4 × 400 m relay

Taťána Kocembová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtacaːna ˈkotsembovaː]; born 2 May 1962 in Ostrava) is a retired 400 metres runner who represented Czechoslovakia. Her greatest achievement was the 1983 World Championship silver medal in a personal best time of 48.59s. That time still ranks as the number 10 time and number 5 individual ever (behind race winner, Czechoslovakian teammate Jarmila Kratochvílová, number 2 in both categories).^[1] She also won the 1984 European Indoor Championships. She also holds the world best for the unofficial distance of 500 metres.

Major achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1982	European Championships	Athens, Greece	3rd
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	48.59 PB
1984	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	1st

References

↑ http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=0/sex=W/all=y/legal=A/disc=400/detail.html

External links

Tatána Kocembová profile at IAAF

Persondata
Name	Kocembová, Taťána
Alternative names	Taťána Netoličková (later married name)
Short description	Czech athlete
Date of birth	2 May 1962
Place of birth	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Date of death
Place of death

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