Barbora Spotakova


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Birth date
Age
30/06/1981 - Jablonec Nad Nisou (CZE) 
31
Height
Weight
Gender
182 cm / 6'0" 
80 kg / 176 lbs 
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Sport
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RankEventYearLocationResult
Olympic Games
1Javelin Throw2008Beijing, CHN71.42
QualificationJavelin Throw2004Athens, GRE58.20
World Championships
1Javelin Throw2007Osaka, JPN67.07
2Javelin Throw2011Daegu, KOR71.58
2Javelin Throw2009Berlin, GER66.42
European Championships
3Javelin Throw2010Barcelona, ESP65.36
Diamond League
1Javelin Throw2012Rome, ITA68.65
1Javelin Throw2011Monaco, MON69.45
1Javelin Throw2010London, GBR63.50
1Javelin Throw2010Monaco, MON65.76
1Javelin Throw2010Rome, ITA68.66
2Javelin Throw2012New York, NY, USA68.73
2Javelin Throw2012Doha, QAT66.17
2Javelin Throw2011London, GBR66.41
2Javelin Throw2011Paris Saint-Denis, FRA67.57
2Javelin Throw2010Zurich, SUI65.34
2Javelin Throw2010Doha, QAT67.33
3Javelin Throw2011Eugene, OR, USA64.87
3Javelin Throw2011Rome, ITA63.32
3Javelin Throw2010Gateshead, GBR62.02
3Javelin Throw2010Eugene, OR, USA61.12
4Javelin Throw2011Zurich, SUI63.56
World Challenge
1Javelin Throw2012Ostrava, CZE67.78
1Javelin Throw2011Berlin, GER67.14
2Javelin Throw2011Ostrava, CZE64.78
2Javelin Throw2010Ostrava, CZE62.94
Super Grand Prix
1Javelin Throw2009Monaco, MON65.37
2Javelin Throw2009Lausanne, SUI64.38
Grand Prix
1Javelin Throw2009Gateshead, GBR65.57
3Javelin Throw2009Ostrava, CZE65.92

Nickname

Bara (european-athletics.org, 01 Dec 2009)

Hobbies

Languages, travelling, literature and listening to music. (Czech Media Guide, 2004)

Occupation

Athlete

Education

Science - Czech University of Life Science, Prague, CZE

Language(s) spoken

Czech, English

Club name

TJ Dukla Praha, Prague, CZE

Coach

Jan Zelezny [personal] (CZE) from 2010 (european-athletics.org, 07 Nov 2010; atletika.cz, 29 Mar 2012)

Injuries

She was troubled by an Achilles tendon injury at the start of 2010. (iaaf.org, 02 Jul 2010)

She suffered from stress fractures in 2000 and 2002. (Czech Media Guide, 2004)

Additional information

Reason for taking up this sport
Her parents were involved in athletics and she decided to follow in their footsteps. (czu.cz, 01 Dec 2007)

Awards
She was named Czech Athlete of the Year in 2011, the fifth time in a row she had won the award. (throwholics, 09 Nov 2011)

At the 2008 World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, she set a new women's javelin world record with a throw of 72.28m. (european-athletics.org, 07 Nov 2010)

General
US EXPERIENCE
She joined the University of Minnesota, but only spent a year there before returning home. (gophersports.com, 2009)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008, Athens 2004


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