Dana Velďáková
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Rožňava, Czechoslovakia | June 3, 1981
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Slovakia |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Triple jump |
Medal record | |
Updated on 15 August 2012 |
Dana Velďáková (born 3 June 1981 in Rožňava, Czechoslovakia[1]) is a Slovak athlete specialising in the triple jump.[2] A very regular jumper, qualifying for the final at almost every major competition, her biggest senior successes are two bronze medals at the European Indoor Championships, in 2009 and 2011, and the silver at the 2007 Summer Universiade.
Her personal bests in the event are 14.51 metres outdoors, achieved in May 2008 in Pavia, and 14.40 metres indoors achieved in March 2009 in Turin. Both are current national records.
She has a twin sister named Jana, who is a long jumper.
International competition
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dana Velďáková". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ Dana Velďáková at World Athletics
External links
- Dana Velďáková at the Slovenský Olympijský Výbor (in Slovak)
Categories:
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Slovak female triple jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Slovakia
- Twin people from Slovakia
- Twin sportspeople
- People from Rožňava
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Slovakia
- European Games silver medalists for Slovakia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 European Games
- European Games medalists in athletics
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade silver medalists for Slovakia
- Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade
- Slovak athletics biography stubs