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Ivana Sekyrová

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Ivana Sekyrová
Sekyrová at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
Personal information
Born (1971-10-13) 13 October 1971 (age 53)
Klatovy, Czechoslovakia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Country Czech Republic
SportAthletics
EventMarathon

Ivana Sekyrová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɪvana ˈsɛkɪrovaː], née Rubášová; born 13 October 1971) is a Czech long-distance runner.[1] She represented her nation at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's marathon. She is the Czech national record holder in the one hour run. Sekyrová has also achieved success in other athletics events including the 400 metres hurdles, 10,000 metres and half marathon.

Career

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Sekyrová won her first two national championships gold medals in the 1990s, both in the 400 metres hurdles event.[2] Her first victory, in Nitra, was at the last meeting of the Czechoslovak Athletics Championships in 1992.[3] She followed that up with another win in the 1994 Czech Athletics Championships.[2]

Sekyrová picked up second place in the one hour run event at the 2008 Golden Spike Ostrava meeting behind Ethiopian Dire Tune, who set a new world record in the event.[4] Sekyrová's distance of 16,422 metres set a Czech national record.[5]

In 2010, Sekyrová finished second in the 10,000 metres at the Czech Athletics Championships, 11 seconds behind winner Petra Kamínková.[6] She won the 2010 Běchovice – Prague Race and defended her title in 2011 with a time of 36 minutes, 3 seconds.[7]

In May 2012's Czech Athletics Championships held in Hradec Králové, Sekyrová won the national title in the women's 10,000 metres.[8] She competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placing 67th with a time of 2:37:14.[9]

Sekyrová finished second behind Petra Pastorová at the 2013 Pardubice Viticultural Half Marathon, which served as the Czech national championship that year.[2]

She won the Czech Women's Veteran Hill Running Championship in 2010, which was held in the Karlovy Vary Region, finishing 13th overall in a mixed field.[10] In August 2011 she qualified for the 2011 World Mountain Running Championships.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Ivana Sekyrova". London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Plachý, Zdeněk (25 April 2014). "Ivana Sekyrová s magickou třináctkou vicemistryní České republiky v půlmaratónu". Deník (in Czech). Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  3. ^ "MISTROVSTVÍ A PŘEBORY V ATLETICE I. DÍL MUŽI A ŽENY" (PDF). Czech Athletics Federation (in Czech). 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  4. ^ Johnston, Rosie (12 June 2008). "Tune sets new one hour world record at Ostrava Grand Prix". Radio Prague. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  5. ^ "One Hour Run Results" (PDF). www.zlatatretra.cz. 12 June 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011.
  6. ^ Seidl, Jiří (20 July 2010). "Českou vytrvaleckou jedničku Kamínkovou dobíjí pivo". idnes.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  7. ^ Jelínková, Tereza; Vasić, Mirko (25 September 2011). "České mistrovské tituly získali na legendárních Běchovicích Sekyrová s Kocourkem". Czech Radio (in Czech). Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  8. ^ "FOTO: Na hradeckém tartanu byl nejrychlejší Kocourek". Deník (in Czech). 8 May 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  9. ^ "Women's Marathon: Results". London 2012. n.d. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012.
  10. ^ Linhart, Jiří (1 June 2010). "Ivana Sekyrová má další mistrovský titul". Deník (in Czech). Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Ivana Sekyrová se na Pekláku nominovala na světový šampionát v běhu do vrchu". Deník (in Czech). 10 August 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
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