Eva Glesková

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Eva Glesková (née Lehocká; born 26 July 1943) is a former

European Indoor Games
and a 13-time national champion in the individual sprints.

Career

Born Eva Lehocká in

1964 Tokyo Olympics, where she a semi-finalist in both disciplines.[1]

She married a fellow athlete and coach Pavol Glesk in the mid-1960s and under Glesk she became part of a high quality era of Czechoslovak female athletes alongside European 400 m champion Anna Chmelková and Eva Šuranová (an Olympic long jump medallist).[3][5]

After missing the 1965 season she returned in 1966 with her first major international medal – a bronze in the relay alongside

Karin Frisch to take fourth place. She was sixth in the 200 m final and also ran with the Czechoslovak 4 × 100 metres relay team.[3] That season she set a 100 m best of 11.5 seconds, which ranked her ninth in the world.[7]

Her sole high-profile appearance the following season was the

Irena Kirszenstein's manually-timed 11.1 remained superior.[9] At the Olympics she was a 100 m semi-finalist but was eliminated in the first round of the 200 m.[1] She was again a double Czechoslovak sprint champion that season.[4]

Her last two seasons of high level competition were in 1969 and 1972 and she went undefeated nationally both those years.

Ellen Stropahl in the intervening years.[10] She remains the only Slovak woman to have equalled a world record in athletics. The 1972 Summer Olympics was the last major outing for her and she reached the final, although an injury sustained in the semi-final meant she finished last in the event final and subsequently retired at age 29.[3]

Over the course of her career she had broken the Czechoslovak record on 57 occasions: eight times in the 60 metres, five times in the 100-yard dash, 21 times in the 100 m, seven times in the 200 m and 16 times in the 4 × 100 metres relay.[3]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
1964 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 7th (semis) 100 m 11.91
6th (semis) 200 m 24.5
1966 European Indoor Games Dortmund, West Germany 3rd 4 × 1 lap 1:22.3
European Championships Budapest, Hungary 4th 100 m 11.9
6th 200 m 24.0
5th (heats) 4 × 100 m relay 46.0
1967 European Indoor Games Prague, Czechoslovakia 2nd 4 × 150 m relay 1:14.0
1968 Olympic Games Mexico City, Mexico 6th (semis) 100 m 11.80
5th (heats) 200 m 24.08
1969 European Championships Athens, Greece 7th 100 m 11.90
1972 Olympic Games Munich, West Germany 8th 100 m 12.48

National titles

References

  1. ^ a b c Eva Lehocká-Glesková. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 7 February 2016.
  2. ^ Eva Lehocká-Glesková. Slovak Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 7 February 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f V piatok oslavuje sedemdesiatku legendárna šprintérka a trojnásobná olympionička Eva Glesková (in Slovak). Slovak Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 7 February 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e Czechoslovakian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 7 February 2016.
  5. ^ Bývalá výborná štvorstovkárka ANNA CHMELKOVÁ oslávila v sobotu 26. júla významné životné jubileum[permanent dead link]. Slovensky Atletiky Zvaz. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
  6. ^ 1966 European Indoor Games. Maik Richter. Retrieved on 7 February 2016.
  7. ^ Eva Gleskova (née Lehocka). Brinkster. Retrieved on 7 February 2016.
  8. ^ 2nd European Indoor Games. Maik Richter. Retrieved on 7 February 2016.
  9. ^ Main > Records Progression - European Records Women 100 m. Brinkster. Retrieved on 7 February 2016.
  10. ^ Main > Records Progression - World Records Women 100 m. Brinkster. Retrieved on 7 February 2016.

External links

Records
Preceded by
Ellen Stropahl
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1 July 1972 – 7 June 1973 		Succeeded by
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