Kateřina Čechová

Kateřina Čechová

Kateřina Čechová at 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow
Personal information
Full name Kateřina Čechová
Born (1988-03-21) 21 March 1988
Brno, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Country  Czech Republic
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 100 metres, 200 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 60 m: 7.24 (February 2013) NR
  • 100 m: 11.32 (June 2012)
  • 200 m: 23.45 (June 2012)

Kateřina Čechová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkatɛr̝ɪna ˈtʃɛxovaː]; born 21 March 1988 in Brno) is a Czech athlete who specialises in the 100 m and 200 m sprints.

Čechová won the 100 metres at the Czech Athletics Championships in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. In 2012, she broke the championship record in recording a personal best time of 11.32 seconds[1] and also won gold over 200 metres.[2]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Czech Republic
2006 World Junior Championships Beijing, China 25th (h) 100m 11.85 (wind: +0.6 m/s)
13th (sf) 200m 24.34 (wind: -2.8 m/s)
2007 European Junior Championships Hengelo, Netherlands 3rd 100 m 11.58
2009 European U23 Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 9th (sf) 100m 11.75 (wind: -0.5 m/s)
4 × 100 m relay DNF
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 5th (heat) 100 m 11.69
2011 European Indoors Paris, France 17th (heats – overall) 60 m 7.42
2012 World Indoors Istanbul, Turkey 14th (semifinal – overall) 60 m 7.31
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 12th (semifinal – overall) 100 m 11.45
16th (semifinal – overall) 200 m 23.64
Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom 36th (heats – overall) 100 m 11.43

References

  1. "100 m - Ženy (Finále)". Český atletický svaz (in Czech). 16 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  2. "200 m - Ženy (Finále)". Český atletický svaz (in Czech). 17 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
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