| Helena Fibingerová | |
| Nationality: | Czech |
| Birth Date: | 13 July 1949 |
| Birth Place: | Víceměřice, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
| Height: | 179 cm |
| Weight: | 90 kg |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Shot put |
| Pb: | 22.32 m (1977) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Helena Fibingerová (in Czech pronounced as /ˈɦɛlɛna ˈfɪbɪŋɡɛrovaː/) (born 13 July 1949 in Víceměřice,[1] Olomouc Region) is a Czech shot putter who won an Olympic bronze medal in 1976 and became World champion in 1983. She also set three world records.
Her latest record stood until 2 May 1980, when East German Ilona Slupianek improved it by four centimetres.
Fibingerová still holds the indoor world record with 22.50 metres, achieved on 19 February 1977 in Jablonec nad Nisou.
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Olympic Games | Munich, Germany | 7th | 18.81 m | |
| 1973 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 1st | 19.08 m | ||
| 1974 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 1st | 20.75 m | ||
| Rome, Italy | 3rd | 20.33 m | |||
| 1975 | Katowice, Poland | 2nd | 19.97 m | ||
| 1976 | Olympic Games | Montreal, Canada | 3rd | 20.67 m | |
| 1977 | San Sebastián, Spain | 1st | 21.46 m | ||
| 1978 | Milan, Italy | 1st | 20.67 m | ||
| Prague, Czechoslovakia | 2nd | 20.86 m | |||
| 1980 | Sindelfingen, West Germany | 1st | 19.92 m | ||
| 1981 | Grenoble, France | 2nd | 20.64 m | ||
| 1982 | Milan, Italy | 2nd | 19.24 m | ||
| Athens, Greece | 2nd | 20.94 m | |||
| 1983 | Budapest, Hungary | 1st | 20.61 m | ||
| Helsinki, Finland | 1st | 21.05 m | |||
| 1984 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 1st | 20.34 m | ||
| 1985 | Athens, Greece | 1st | 20.84 m | ||
| 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 10th | 18.48 m | ||
| 1987 | Rome, Italy | 8th | 20.29 m | ||
Fibingerová is a friend of Jana Nečasová, the former Czech Prime Minister's wife. She testified in court as a character witness in defence of Nečasová in relation to the 2013 Czech political corruption scandal, in which Nečasová and her husband stood accused.[2]