Hana Horáková

Hana Horáková
BK Brno
Position	Guard
League	Russian Women's Basketball League; EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	11 September 1979; Bruntál, Czechoslovakia
Nationality	Czech
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	163 lb (74 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1996–present
Career highlights and awards
	FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year (2010); FIBA World Championship MVP (2010);
Representing Czech Republic
Women’s Basketball
FIBA World Championship for Women
European Championships

Hana Horáková (née Machová) (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦana ˈɦoraːkovaː ˈmaxovaː]; born 11 September 1979 in Bruntál) is a basketball player from the Czech Republic who plays for BK Brno. She was a member of the national team that won the European title in 2005 by defeating Russia in the final. Playing as a guard she also competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing in fifth place in 2004 and in seventh place at the other two Olympics.

She won EuroLeague Women 2005-06 with Gambrinus Brno and played 12 ppg, 4.5 rpg and 3 apg averages in EuroLeague Women 2009–10.[1] She also won the Turkish Women's Basketball League 2011 with Fenerbahçe Istanbul.

In 2010, she led the Czech Republic to a surprise 2nd-place finish in the FIBA World Championship for Women and was named the tournament MVP.[2]

References

Who is Horakova
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-10-11. Retrieved 2010-10-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

Preceded by Sandrine Gruda	FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year 2010	Succeeded by Alba Torrens

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[1] Who is Horakova

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-10-11. Retrieved 2010-10-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)