Jiřina Ptáčníková

Jiřina Ptáčníková

Jiřina Ptáčníková at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics
Personal information
Full name Jiřina Ptáčníková
Nationality Czech
Born (1986-05-20) May 20, 1986
Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country  Czech Republic
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Pole vault
Club USK Praha
Coached by František Ptáčník, Pavel Sluka
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Pole vault: 4.76 (2013)-national record
Medal record
World Indoor Championships
2014 Sopot Pole vault
European Championships
2012 Helsinki Pole vault
European Team Championships
2011 Stockholm Pole vault
Universiade
2009 Belgrade Pole vault

Jiřina Ptáčníková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjɪr̝ɪna ˈptaːtʃɲiːkovaː]; born 20 May 1986) is a Czech pole vaulter. She won the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki and the 2014 World Indoor Championships.[1]

Biography

She is the daughter of the Czech sprinter František Ptáčník.

Ptáčníková achieved a personal best (indoor) of 4.70 metres in Donetsk in 2012.[2] This was a Czech record.[3] She improved to 4.71 m in 2014, which was also a Czech record.[4]

She also achieved outdoor personal best of 4.76 metres in Plzeň in September 2013.[5]

Personal life

On 21 September 2012 she married the hurdler Petr Svoboda,[6] however the couple divorced in 2014.[7]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing the  Czech Republic
2002 World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 12th (q)[8] 3.80 m
2004 World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 9th (q)[8] 3.85 m
2006 European Championships Sweden Gothenburg, Sweden 27th (q) 3.80 m
2009 European Indoor Championships Italy Turin, Italy 13th (q) 4.25 m
Universiade Serbia Belgrade, Serbia 1st 4.55 m
World Championships Germany Berlin, Germany 16th (q) 4.40 m
2010 World Indoor Championships Qatar Doha, Qatar 5th 4.60 m
European Championships Spain Barcelona, Spain 5th 4.65 m
2011 European Indoor Championships France Paris, France 4th 4.60 m
European Team Championships Super League Sweden Stockholm, Sweden 3rd 4.60 m
World Championships South Korea Daegu, South Korea 7th 4.65 m
2012 World Indoor Championships Turkey Istanbul, Turkey 6th 4.55 m
European Championships Finland Helsinki, Finland 1st 4.60 m
Olympic Games United Kingdom London, United Kingdom 6th 4.45 m
2013 European Indoor Championships Sweden Gothenburg, Sweden 4th 4.62 m
World Championships Russia Moscow, Russia 8th 4.55 m
2014 European Championships Switzerland Zürich, Switzerland 6th 4.45 m
World Indoor Championships Poland Sopot, Poland 2nd 4.70 m
2015 World Championships China Beijing, China — NM
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 19th (q) 4.45 m

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The big surprise : Jirina Ptacnikova wins the Pole Vault in Helsinki!". biathlonews.com. 30 June 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Samsung Pole Vault Stars 2012 Complete Results". EAA. 11 February 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  3. ↑ Ramsak, Bob (2012-02-12). In post-injury comeback, Lavillenie tops 5.82m in Donetsk. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-02-12.
  4. ↑ "IAAF: Jirina Ptacnikova | Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  5. ↑ "Tyčkařka Svobodová má český rekord, o centimetr předstihla Baďurovou" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Tyčkařka Ptáčníková a překážkář Svoboda: Vzali se u Neumannové!" (in Czech). blesk.cz. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "Nečekaný atletický rozvod: Manželství Svobody a Ptáčnikové je u konce!" (in Czech). nova.cz. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  8. 1 2 No height in the final.
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