Anežka Drahotová (; born 22 July 1995,

Rumburk Rumburk (; german: Rumburg) is a town in Děčín District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. It lies on the border with Germany. Administrative parts Rumburk is made up of town parts of Rumburk ...

) is a Czech

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competitor in

racewalking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ...

middle-distance running Middle-distance running events are Track and field#Running, track races longer than Sprint (running), sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be clas ...

, and

steeplechase Steeplechase may refer to: * Steeplechase (horse racing), a type of horse race in which participants are required to jump over obstacles * Steeplechase (athletics), an event in athletics that derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing ...

, as well an international-level

cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

. She is the Czech record holder for the

20 kilometres walk The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic Games, Olympic athletics (sport), athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supp ...

(1:29:05 – equal with

Barbora Dibelková Barbora Dibelková (born 26 May 1983, in Čáslav) is a Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of ...

) and the 10 km track walk (44:15.87 minutes). In her first major international competitions, she placed seventh in the junior category at the

2011 European Race Walking Cup The ninth edition of the European Race Walking Cup was held on the roads of Olhão, Portugal on 21 May 2011. The event was jointly organised by the Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo (Portuguese Athletics Federation) and the European Athletics As ...

and sixth in the 5000 m walk at the

2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics The 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics were the seventh edition of the World Youth Championships in Athletics. They were held in Lille Métropole, France, with stadium-based events at Stadium Lille-Métropole in Villeneuve d'Ascq, on 6� ...

. The following year she ranked sixth in the 10 km walk at the

2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born 1993 or later) which was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, on 10–15 ...

, where she also placed 25th overall in the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

. The

2013 European Race Walking Cup The 2013 European Race Walking Cup was held in Dudince, Slovakia, on 19 May 2013. Complete results were published. Detailed report were given. Medal winners were published on the Athletics Weekly website, Medallists Results Men's 20 km ...

saw her take the bronze medal in the 10 km walk event. She won the 20 km walk gold medal in the

2013 European Athletics Junior Championships The 2013 European Athletics Junior Championships was the 22nd edition of the biennial athletics competition between European athletes in under twenty. It was held in Rieti, Italy from 18 to 21 July. The medal table was topped by Great Britain with ...

, while her twin sister Eliška Drahotová took the bronze. In an unusual event combination, she also entered the

3000 metres steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, a ...

and placed ninth. She placed outside the medals, taking seventh place, in the

2013 World Championships in Athletics The 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (Moscow 2013) () was an international athletics competition held in Moscow, Russia, from 10–18 August 2013. Initially, Russia won the most gold medals to top the table for the first time since 200 ...

held in

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in the 20 km walk despite leading the race for some kilometers and notching a personal best time of 1:29:05. She proved adept at running by finishing as the first Czech athlete at the

Prague Grand Prix The Prague Grand Prix is an annual running event which takes place in September in Prague, Czech Republic. It is a 10-kilometre race organised in the attractive surroundings of Prague city centre during evening twilight. The race was introduced in ...

10K run 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1 ...

that year. Her global debut in cycling also came that year at the

2013 UCI Road World Championships The 2013 UCI Road World Championships took place in Tuscany, Italy, between 22 and 29 September 2013. The Championships consisted of 12 events for elite, under-23 and junior cyclists. It was the 86th Road World Championships, the 13th in Italy a ...

. There she placed 19th in the junior road race. In 2013 her world ranking in the women's 20 km walk was 21st place overall. She competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in the women's 20 km walk event.

Competition record in athletics

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* 1995 births Living people People from Rumburk Czech female racewalkers Czech female steeplechase runners Czech female cyclists Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for the Czech Republic European Athletics Championships medalists Czech twins Czech Athletics Championships winners Universiade bronze medalists for the Czech Republic Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from the Ústí nad Labem Region {{CzechRepublic-athletics-bio-stub