Eliška Klučinová
Eliška Klučinová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɛlɪʃka ˈklutʃɪnovaː]; born 14 April 1988 in Prague) is a Czech heptathlete. In 2007, she won a silver medal at the European Athletics Junior Championships in Hengelo.
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Full name | Eliška Klučinová | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 14 April 1988|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Heptathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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World finals | 23rd at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Regional finals | 7th at the 2010 European Athletics Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic finals | 18th at the 2012 Summer Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
At the 2007 European Athletics Junior Championships in Hengelo, Klučinová finished second in the heptathlon with a points total of 5709.
At the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Klučinová placed 23rd overall in the heptathlon with 5505 points.
Klučinová equalled the 22-year-old national record in heptathlon with a points total of 6268 at the 2010 TNT – Fortuna Meeting in Kladno. Klučinová was nine weeks old when Zuzana Lajbnerová set the record in 1988.[1] Two years later, at the same meet, she was able to break the national record with a total of 6283 points.[2] She has since set two new national records.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2005 | World Youth Championships | Marrakech, Morocco | 8th | Heptathlon | 5249 |
2006 | World Junior Championships | Beijing, China | 8th | Heptathlon | 5468 pts, PB |
2007 | European Junior Championships | Hengelo, Netherlands | 2nd | Heptathlon | 5709 |
2009 | European U23 Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 4th | Heptathlon | 6015 pts, PB |
World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 23rd | Heptathlon | 5505 pts | |
2010 | TNT – Fortuna Meeting | Kladno, Czech Republic | 1st | Heptathlon | 6268, =NR |
European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 7th | Heptathlon | 6187 pts | |
2012 | TNT – Fortuna Meeting | Kladno, Czech Republic | 1st | Heptathlon | 6283, NR |
European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 8th | Heptathlon | 6151 pts | |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 18th | Heptathlon | 6109 pts | |
2014 | TNT – Fortuna Meeting | Kladno, Czech Republic | 1st | Heptathlon | 6460, NR |
European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | – | Heptathlon | DNF | |
2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 3rd | Pentathlon | 4687 pts NR |
World Championships | Beijing, China | 13th | Heptathlon | 6247 pts | |
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 22nd | Heptathlon | 6077 pts |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 10th | Heptathlon | 6313 pts |
2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 4th | Pentathlon | 4579 pts |
2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 10th | Pentathlon | 3518 pts |
References
- Gordon, Ed (16 June 2010). "Kasyanov and Klucinova take Kladno titles – IAAF Combined Events Challenge". IAAF.
- Osoba, Michal (11 June 2012). "Klucinova and Karpov prevail in Kladno - IAAF Combined Events Challenge". IAAF.