Tereza Korvasová Explained

Tereza Korvasová
Fullname:Tereza Korvasová
Birth Date:29 June 1996
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2015–2016
Amateurteam1:Sokol Louny
Amateuryears2:2017
Amateuryears3:2019–2020
Proyears1:2018
Proyears2:2021–

Tereza Korvasová (born 29 June 1996) is a Czech racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team .[1]

Career

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.

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 . 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]

Personal life

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Servetto - Makhymo - Beltrami TSA. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 26 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210126220043/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15409/1001816/277. 26 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Studentka Muni vyměnila atletiku za kolo a sbírá tituly . Fojtů . Martina . 29 December 2018 . . Czech . Muni student exchanged athletics for bike and collects titles. 5 January 2019.
  3. Web site: Korvasová jako Sáblíková. Vedle atletiky bude závodit i na kole. Kopl . Libor . 9 December 2014. . Czech. Korvasová as Sáblíková. Alongside athletics, she will also race a bike . 5 January 2019.
  4. Web site: Cyklistka Korvasová sní o mistrovství Evropy do třiadvaceti let v Norsku. Kopl . Libor . 11 May 2017 . . Czech . Cyclist Korvasová dreams of a European Under-23 Championship in Norway. 5 January 2019.
  5. Web site: European Athletics Championships. . 5 January 2019.
  6. Web site: World Trophy / Championships. . 5 January 2019.
  7. Web site: Double Gold for Uganda at World Mountain Running Championships . Matthews . Peter . 19 September 2015 . . 5 January 2019.
  8. Web site: Misrovství ČR Juniorů, Juniorek, Dorostenců a Dorostenek, Žáků a Žákyň v Chůzi. . Czech . Junior, Youth and Schoolchildren Czech Republic Walking Championships . 5 January 2019.
  9. Web site: European Cup Race Walking 2015. 17 May 2015 . Royal Spanish Athletics Federation. 5 January 2019.
  10. Web site: MEJ: Zdeňka Seidlová do Finále Čtvrtky . Jelínek . Petr. 16 July 2015. . Czech . European Junior Championships: Zdeňka Seidlová to the Quarter Finals. 5 January 2019.
  11. Web site: Obhájkyně spadla, českou šampionkou v časovce je Korvasová. 21 June 2018. IDNES.cz. Czech . Defending champion fell, Czech champion in time trial is Korvasová. 5 January 2019.
  12. Web site: Tereza Korvasová win the gold medal. 31 July 2018 . . 5 January 2019.
  13. Web site: 2018: World Championships – Women's Time Trial . ProCyclingStats . 26 September 2018.
  14. Web site: Čtyři reprezentanti Muni jsou v top sportovcích Brna . Fojtů . Martina . 5 December 2018 . . Czech . Four representatives of Muni are among the top athletes in Brno . 5 January 2019.

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