Eliška Klučinová Explained

Eliška Klučinová
Fullname:Eliška Klučinová
Birth Date:14 April 1988
Birth Place:Prague, Czechoslovakia
Country: Czech Republic
Sport:Athletics
Event:Heptathlon
Worlds:23rd at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
Regionals:7th at the 2010 European Athletics Championships
Olympics:18th at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Pb:
  • 200 m: 24.41 (May 2016)
  • 800 m: 2:12.50 (August 2013)
  • 100 m hurdles: 13.77 (June 2012)
  • High jump: 1.90 (June 2014)
  • Long jump: 6.43 (June 2014)
  • Shot put: 15.21 (May 2016)
  • Javelin: 51.09 (August 2015)
  • Heptathlon: 6460 (June 2014)
Height:1.79m (05.87feet)

Eliška Klučinová (in Czech pronounced as /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.

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

Representing the Czech Republic
2005World Youth ChampionshipsMarrakech, Morocco8thHeptathlon5249
2006World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China8thHeptathlon5468 pts, PB
2007European Junior ChampionshipsHengelo, Netherlands2ndHeptathlon5709
2009European U23 ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania4thHeptathlon6015 pts, PB
World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany23rdHeptathlon5505 pts
2010TNT – Fortuna MeetingKladno, Czech Republic1stHeptathlon6268, =NR
European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain7thHeptathlon6187 pts
2012TNT – Fortuna MeetingKladno, Czech Republic1stHeptathlon6283, NR
European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland8thHeptathlon6151 pts
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom18thHeptathlon6109 pts
2014TNT – Fortuna MeetingKladno, Czech Republic1stHeptathlon6460, NR
European ChampionshipsZürich, SwitzerlandHeptathlonDNF
2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic3rdPentathlon4687 pts NR
World ChampionshipsBeijing, China13thHeptathlon6247 pts
2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil22ndHeptathlon6077 pts
2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom10thHeptathlon6313 pts
2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom4thPentathlon4579 pts
2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom10thPentathlon3518 pts

Notes and References

  1. News: Kasyanov and Klucinova take Kladno titles – IAAF Combined Events Challenge. Ed. Gordon. IAAF. 16 June 2010.
  2. Web site: Klucinova and Karpov prevail in Kladno - IAAF Combined Events Challenge. Michal. Osoba. IAAF. 11 June 2012.