Nikoleta Jíchová
{{Short description|Czech athlete (born 2000)}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2023}}
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| name = Nikoleta Jíchová
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| image = 2022-08-18 European Championships 2022 – Women's 400 Metres Hurdles by Sandro Halank–035.jpg
| caption = Jíchová in Munich 2022
| nationality = Czech
| sport = Track and field
| event = 400m hurdles
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|8|29|df=yes}}
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| pb = 400 m hurdles: 54.59 (Rome, 2024)
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{{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|{{CZE}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|European Indoor Championships}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2025 Apeldoorn|4x400 m relay}}
{{Medal|Competition|European U23 Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2021 Tallinn|4×400 m relay}}
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Nikoleta Jíchová (born 29 August 2000) is a Czech track and field athlete. She is a multiple national champion over 400m hurdles, and a European U23 Championships gold medalist.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/czech-republic/nikoleta-jichova-14681122|accessdate=1 June 2023|title=Nikoleta Jíchová|website=World Athletics}}
Career
Jíchova is coached by former Czech national champion hurdler Jindřich Šimánek.{{cite web|url=https://www.atletika.cz/aktuality/fotostory-z-kempu-3-nikoleta-jichova/|website=Atletika.cz|accessdate=1 June 2023|date=December 26, 2021|title=PHOTO STORIES FROM CAMP #3: NIKOLETA JÍCHOVÁ}} She is a member of TJ Dukla Prague.{{cite web|url=https://online.atletika.cz/vysledky-atleta/2021/10000002794|title=Jíchová|website=Atletika.cz|accessdate=1 June 2023}} She raced over 100m hurdles before switching to the longer distance of 400m hurdles in 2020.{{cite web|accessdate=1 June 2023|url=https://www.idnes.cz/sport/atletika/nikoleta-jichova-me-mnichov-400-prekazek-rozbeh-vitezstvi-ohlas.A220817_133851_atletika_ikuc|title= Relief and euphoria. Jíchová for victory in the start and fun obstacles|website=idnes.cz|first=
Stanislav|last= Kučera|date=August 17, 2022}}
=2021=
In Zlín in June 2021, Jíchová won the senior 400m hurdles at the 2021 Czech Athletics Championships.{{cite web | url = https://online.atletika.cz/_dataPublic/pdf/resultlist_b4e139b7-c70d-43de-a986-95c2440d7b0b.pdf | title = Women's 400 metres hurdles ― Final | publisher = Czech Athletics Federation | language = cs | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210714092010/https://online.atletika.cz/_dataPublic/pdf/resultlist_b4e139b7-c70d-43de-a986-95c2440d7b0b.pdf | archive-date = 2021-07-14}} In 2021 she was part of the Czech team that won gold at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay.
=2022=
The following year Jíchová retained the Czech national title over 400m hurdles, at the Czech Championships held in June 2022 in Hodonín.{{cite web|date=1 July 2022|url=https://www.idnes.cz/sport/atletika/ms-atletika-svetovy-zebricek-kvalifikace-nikoleta-jichova.A220630_174114_atletika_ikuc|title= Když k MS chybí sedm bodů. Nadějná atletka doplatila na přísný systém|website=idnes.cz|accessdate=May 31, 2023}} Jíchová ran a time of 55.93 to qualify win her heat and to qualify for the semi-finals of the 400m at the 2022 European Championships held in Munich, Germany.{{cite web|date=17 August 2022|url=https://www.irozhlas.cz/sport/atletika/mistrovstvi-evropy-v-atletice-nikoleta-jichova_2208171635_lis|title= I knew I had to kick it in the first lane, says hurdler Jíchová after the winning run|website=Irozhlas.cz|accessdate=1 June 2023}}{{cite web|title= Suverénní Jíchová létala nad překážkami, v semifinále jsou i Müller s Tučkem|date=17 August 2022|url=https://sport.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/atletika/me/mistrovstvi-evropy-2022/suverenni-jichova-letala-nad-prekazkami-v-semifinale-jsou-i-mueller-s-tuckem/62fc84da404d1c5e72913e2c|accessdate=1 June 2023}} In the semi-finals Jíchova set a new personal best time of 55.48s without progressing to the final.{{cite web|url=https://www.idnes.cz/sport/atletika/nikole-jichova-me-mnichov-semifinale-400-m-prekazek-osobni-rekord-ohlas.A220818_130224_atletika_ikuc|title=Personal record of motivation. I'm like a fly, I need to get stronger, says Jíchova|first=Stanislav|last=Kučera|date=August 18, 2022}}
=2023=
Selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, she qualified for the semi-finals.{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4560/women-s-400m-hurdles-results-world-athletics-championships-2023|title= Women's 400m Hurdles Results: World Athletics Championships 2023|date=22 August 2023|accessdate=22 August 2023|website=Watch Athletics}}
=2024=
On 10 June 2024, she ran a personal best 54.59 seconds to qualify for the final at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome. In the final, she finished fourth overall in a time of 54.91 seconds.{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/article/13026/record-breaking-performances-shine-on-day-4-of-european-athletics-championships-in-rome|website= Watch Athletics |accessdate=11 June 2024|title= Record-Breaking Performances Shine on Day 4 of European Athletics Championships in Rome|date=11 June 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7158244?eventId=10229523|website=World Athletics|title= European Athletics Championships|date=10 June 2024|accessdate=10 June 2024}} She competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5840/women-s-400m-hurdles-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=8 September 2024|date=8 August 2024|title=Women's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics}}
=2025=
In February 2025, she became the Czech indoor champion over 400 metres, winning in Ostrava with a time of 52.10 seconds ahead of Tereza Petržilková.{{cite web|website=Idnes|url=https://www.idnes.cz/sport/atletika/nikoleta-jichova-halove-mistrovstvi-republiky-v-atletice.A250223_141922_atletika_jsl|accessdate=9 March 2025|title= Jíchová after the title: Great prestige! Maybe the obstacles don't see that I'm unfaithful to them|date=
February 23, 2025}} She was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn.{{cite web|website=Idnesit|url= https://www.idnes.cz/sport/atletika/atletika-halove-mistrovstvi-evropy-apeldoorn-ceska-nominace.A250226_134832_atletika_kazdt |title=Defending medalists and promising debutants. The Czech nomination for the European Indoor Championships includes 26 athletes|accessdate=26 February 2025|date=26 February 2025}} In the 400 metres, she ran a personal best and qualified for the semi-final but was later disqualified for a lane infringement. Alongside Lada Vondrová, Petržilková and Lurdes Gloria Manuel, she won a bronze medal in the women’s 4 x 400 metres relay at the Championships.{{cite web|website=Denik|date=9 March 2025|url=https://www.denik.cz/atletika/halove-mistrovstvi-evropy-v-atletice-stafeta-manuel-vondrova-jichova-petrzilkova.html|title= The women's team celebrated bronze. Finisher Manuel couldn't remember her segment|accessdate=9 March 2025}}
Personal life
Jíchová has done modelling work, and featured on magazine covers in her homeland. She attributed this to an increase in her social media followers.{{cite web|date=June 2, 2021|title=Obstacle runner Jíchová: She was proud of the photos, now she wants to beat Hejnová|accessdate=1 June 2023|first=Martin|last= Hašek |website=isport.blesk.cz|url=https://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/ostatni-atletika/397262/prekazkarka-jichova-na-fotky-byla-pysna-ted-chce-porazit-hejnovou.html}} In 2021 Jíchová announced she was in a relationship with fellow athlete Martin Růžička.{{cite web|url=https://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/ostatni-atletika/404481/atletka-jichova-chodi-s-byvalym-hejnove-na-slavii-ma-odvracenou-stranu.html?season=4520|date=November 2, 2021|title=The athlete Jíchová is dating the former Hejnové: At Slavia, she has the opposite side|website=iSport.cz|accessdate=1 June 2023}}
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