Michaela Hejnová
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Full name | Michaela Hejnová | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Heptathlon | ||||||||||||||
Club | PSK Olymp Praha | ||||||||||||||
Coached by | Martina Blažková | ||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | Heptathlon: 6065 points (2004) | ||||||||||||||
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Michaela Hejnová (born 10 April 1980) is a Czech former track and field athlete, specializing in the
Career
Born in
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Hejnova qualified for the Czech team in the women's heptathlon. Less than a month before the Games, she cleared the IAAF Olympic "B" standard and improved her personal best score to 6065 points at the national trials in Hradec Králové to book her place on the Czech Olympic track and field roster.[5][6] Despite putting up her rewarding effort in the javelin throw, Hejnova could only manage twenty-sixth place in the competition with a total score of 5716, nearly three hundred points below her entry standard.[7][8]
Personal life
Hejnova is also the sister of 400-metre hurdler Zuzana Hejnová, who later claimed the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and two championship titles at the Worlds (both in 2013 and 2015).[3]
Personal bests
Event | Best | Venue | Year | Notes |
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100 meter hurdles
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13.21 s | Plzeň, Czech Republic | June 25, 2004 | |
High jump | 1.73 m | Arles, France | June 5, 2004 | |
Shot put | 12.69 m | Hengelo, Netherlands | July 3, 2004 | |
200 metres | 24.87 s | Prague, Czech Republic | July 3, 2004 | |
Long jump | 6.09 m | Prague, Czech Republic | July 23, 2000 | |
Javelin throw | 51.01 m | Alhama de Murcia, Spain | May 20, 2001 | |
800 metres | 2:14.14 | Prague, Czech Republic | July 23, 2000 | |
Heptathlon | 6,065 points | Hradec Králové, Czech Republic | July 18, 2004 |
- All information taken from IAAF profile.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Michaela Hejnová". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- IAAF. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Michaela Hejnová – Atletika.cz". Czech Athletics Federation. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ "XXII. letní světová univerziáda v Daegu" [Athletics at the XXVII Summer Universiade in Daegu]. University of Hradec Králové. 1 November 2003. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- Mladá fronta DNES. 16 July 2004. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Vícebojařský šampionát okořenila Hejnová limitem na OH" [Hejnová achieves the Olympic standard at the all-around national championships] (in Czech). Czech Athletics Federation. 18 July 2004. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
- ^ "Hejnová po výšce klesla na 26. místo" [Hejnová has dropped to twenty-sixth place in the rankings] (in Czech). Czech Athletics Federation. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
External links
- Michaela Hejnová at World Athletics
- Czech Olympic Team Bio (in Czech)