Anna Pichrtová
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Anna Straková, earlier Pichrtová, (born 19 May 1973) is a Czech
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long distance runner. She is a former winner of the World Mountain Running Trophy, as well as a two-time winner of the
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.


Career

Pichrtová was one of 41 athletes representing the Czech Republic at the
2002 European Athletics Championships The 18th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 August to 11 August 2002 in the Olympic Stadium of Munich, Germany. Men's results Track 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , 1 Dwain Chambers originally won the 100 m in 9.96 and was pa ...
in
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, Germany. There she finished 11th in the women's marathon with a time of 2:37:39. In 2004, Pichrtová finished 28th in the women's marathon at the Athens Olympics, with a time of 2:40:58. The same year she won the
European Mountain Running Championships The European Mountain Running Championships is an annual international mountain running race. Inaugurated in 2002, it is organised by the European Athletic Association (EAA) in July each year. The venue for the championships is changed each year ...
for the first time. The following year she placed 27th at the World Championships in Helsinki, as well as winning the inaugural edition of the
Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race The Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race is an annual 11.25 km mountain running competition that takes place in late November in Obudu, Cross River State, Nigeria. First held in 2005, it has the largest total prize money available of any mo ...
in
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. She has also won the
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in
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six times, the Mount Kinabalu Climbathon in
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five times, and in 2006 was victorious at the
European Mountain Running Championships The European Mountain Running Championships is an annual international mountain running race. Inaugurated in 2002, it is organised by the European Athletic Association (EAA) in July each year. The venue for the championships is changed each year ...
in Malé Svatoňovice, the Grand Prix, and the ''Cinq 4000s'' at Sierre-Zinal in
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(four times 2006-2009). In 2007, Pichrtová won the 23rd World Mountain Running Trophy. She twice won the World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge, in 2008 ( Three Peaks Race) and 2009 (Soll-Kaisermarathon). In late 2006 Pichrtová was injured in a van accident in
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while returning to the Obudu Ranch, and suffered
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s to one arm and both
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s. After months of physiotherapy she returned to racing in June 2007.


Personal life

She was born Anna Baloghová and was later known by the surname Pichrtová, before changing her name to Anna Straková. She has a daughter named Leila.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pichrtova, Anna 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Trenčín Athletes from the Trenčín Region Czech mountain runners Czech female long-distance runners Czechoslovak female long-distance runners Czech female marathon runners Czechoslovak female marathon runners Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for the Czech Republic Czech expatriates in Nigeria World Mountain Running Championships winners World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships winners Czech Athletics Championships winners