Kateřina Čechová

{{short description|Czech sprinter}}

{{distinguish|Kateřina Cachová}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Kateřina Čechová

| fullname = Kateřina Čechová

| image = Katerina Cechova by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg

| caption = Kateřina Čechová at 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|03|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Brno, Czechoslovakia

| height = {{convert|1.73|m|abbr=on}}

| country = {{flag|Czech Republic}}

| sport = Athletics

| event = 100 metres, 200 metres

| pb =

  • 60 m: 7.24 (February 2013) NR
  • 100 m: 11.32 (June 2012)
  • 200 m: 23.45 (June 2012)

}}

Kateřina Čechová ({{IPA|cs|ˈkatɛr̝ɪna ˈtʃɛxovaː}}; born 21 March 1988 in Brno) is a Czech athlete who specialises in the 100 m and 200 m sprints.

Čechová won the 100 metres at the Czech Athletics Championships in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. In 2012, she broke the championship record in recording a personal best time of 11.32 seconds{{cite web|url=http://online.atletika.cz/vysledky.aspx?idk=14884&day=&discType=40&discId=750639&hideGoBack=0|title=100 m - Ženy (Finále)|work=Český atletický svaz|date=16 June 2012|accessdate=27 June 2012|language=Czech}} and also won gold over 200 metres.{{cite web|url=http://online.atletika.cz/vysledky.aspx?idk=14884&day=&discType=60&discId=750796&hideGoBack=0|title=200 m - Ženy (Finále)|work=Český atletický svaz|date=17 June 2012|accessdate=27 June 2012|language=Czech}}

Achievements

{{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"|Representing {{flag|Czech Republic}}
rowspan=2|2006

|rowspan=2|World Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Beijing, China

|25th (h)

|100m

|11.85 (wind: +0.6 m/s)

13th (sf)

|200m

|24.34 (wind: -2.8 m/s)

2007

| European Junior Championships

| Hengelo, Netherlands

| style="background:#cc9966" | 3rd

| 100 m

| 11.58

rowspan=2|2009

|rowspan=2|European U23 Championships

|rowspan=2|Kaunas, Lithuania

|9th (sf)

|100m

|11.75 (wind: -0.5 m/s)

|4 × 100 m relay

|DNF

2010

| European Championships

| Barcelona, Spain

| 5th (heat)

| 100 m

| 11.69

2011

| European Indoors

| Paris, France

| 17th (heats – overall)

| 60 m

| 7.42

rowspan="4" | 2012

| World Indoors

| Istanbul, Turkey

| 14th (semifinal – overall)

| 60 m

| 7.31

rowspan="2" | European Championships

| rowspan="2" | Helsinki, Finland

| 12th (semifinal – overall)

| 100 m

| 11.45

16th (semifinal – overall)

| 200 m

| 23.64

Summer Olympics

| London, United Kingdom

| 36th (heats – overall)

| 100 m

| 11.43

References

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