Birth Date: | 19 November 1978 |
Weight: | 800NaN0 |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Discus |
Updated: | 14 August 2012 |
Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová (in Czech pronounced as /ˈvjɛra ˈpospiːʃɪlovaː ˈtsɛxlovaː/) (born 19 November 1978 in Litoměřice) is a Czech athlete, competing in the discus throw and the shot put. She married Czech professional wrestler Jakub Cechl on 17 October 2003.
In August 2005 she won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. Her personal best distances are 67.71 m for the discus and 16.92 m for the shot put.[1]
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1997 | European Junior Championships | Ljubljana, Slovenia | 8th | 46.08 m |
1999 | European U23 Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 3rd | 56.65 m |
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 6th | 61.47 m |
2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 4th | 62.31 m |
2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 5th | 65.55 m |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 3rd | 66.08 m |
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 3rd | 63.19 m |
2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 7th | 60.71 m |
2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 21st (q) | 57.56 m |
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 5th | 61.75 m |
2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 18th (q) | 59.52 m |
2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | – | NM |
2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 23rd (q) | 53.87 m |
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 7th | 60.08 m |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 34th (q) | 55.00 m |