Tereza Korvasová

Tereza Korvasová (born 29 June 1996) is a Czech racing cyclist.[1] Prior to taking up cycling she was an accomplished distance runner at junior level, winning 13 championship titles in athletics.[2] In 2014, Korvasová was fourth in the junior category in the European Mountain Running Championships, and helped the Czech Republic to the team bronze in the junior competition in the World Mountain Running Championships.[3]

Tereza Korvasová
Personal information
Born (1996-06-29) 29 June 1996
Team information
Current teamTeam Dukla Praha
RoleRider
Amateur team
2015-2016Sokol Louny
Professional team
2017-Team Dukla Praha

Korvasová took up cycle racing in 2015, initially alongside continuing her running career, using cycling as a form of cross-training. She initially competed in cycling for Sokol Louny.[3][4] That year Korvasová also finished fourth in the junior competitions at the European Mountain Running Championships[5] and the World Mountain Running Championships.[6] She was also part of the Czech team that won the gold medal in the latter.[7] Korvasová also enjoyed success in racewalking, becoming Czech junior champion in the 3 kilometres walk in 2015,[8] competing in the junior category at the 2015 European Race Walking Cup[9] and finishing 20th in the 10 kilometres race walk at the 2015 European Athletics Junior Championships.[10]

In 2017, she joined Team Dukla Praha.[4] In June 2018 Korvasová won the Czech National Time Trial Championships,[11] and the following month she won another gold medal in the time trial at the World University Cycling Championships.[12] She rode in the women's time trial event at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships.[13]

Korvasová is a student at Masaryk University, specialising in Political Science and European Studies.[14]

References
  1. "Tereza Korvasová". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  2. Fojtů, Martina (29 December 2018). "Studentka Muni vyměnila atletiku za kolo a sbírá tituly" [Muni student exchanged athletics for bike and collects titles]. Masaryk University (in Czech). Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. Kopl, Libor (9 December 2014). "Korvasová jako Sáblíková. Vedle atletiky bude závodit i na kole" [Korvasová as Sáblíková. Alongside athletics, she will also race a bike]. Deník (in Czech). Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  4. Kopl, Libor (11 May 2017). "Cyklistka Korvasová sní o mistrovství Evropy do třiadvaceti let v Norsku" [Cyclist Korvasová dreams of a European Under-23 Championship in Norway]. Deník (in Czech). Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  5. "European Athletics Championships". World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  6. "World Trophy / Championships". World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  7. Matthews, Peter (19 September 2015). "Double Gold for Uganda at World Mountain Running Championships". International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  8. "Misrovství ČR Juniorů, Juniorek, Dorostenců a Dorostenek, Žáků a Žákyň v Chůzi" [Junior, Youth and Schoolchildren Czech Republic Walking Championships]. Czech Athletics Federation (in Czech). Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  9. "European Cup Race Walking 2015" (PDF). Royal Spanish Athletics Federation. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  10. Jelínek, Petr (16 July 2015). "MEJ: Zdeňka Seidlová do Finále Čtvrtky" [European Junior Championships: Zdeňka Seidlová to the Quarter Finals]. Czech Athletics Federation (in Czech). Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  11. "Obhájkyně spadla, českou šampionkou v časovce je Korvasová" [Defending champion fell, Czech champion in time trial is Korvasová]. IDNES.cz (in Czech). 21 June 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  12. "Tereza Korvasová win the gold medal". 2018 World University Cycling Championship. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  13. "2018: World Championships - Women's Time Trial". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  14. Fojtů, Martina (5 December 2018). "Čtyři reprezentanti Muni jsou v top sportovcích Brna" [Four representatives of Muni are among the top athletes in Brno]. Masaryk University (in Czech). Retrieved 5 January 2019.
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