Běla Třebínová ( Hlaváčková, born 18 April 1976) is a Czech Paralympic swimmer. She has competed in two

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winning a total of five medals, including gold in the 50m freestyle at both Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008.

Career history

Hlaváčková was born in 1976 in Náchod which is now in the

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and took to swimming from the age of 9. In 1999 she had to undergo spinal surgery, but she never fully recovered. She now has to use a wheelchair. She married the same year. in 2001 she won a gold, silver and two bronze medals at the European championships in the S5 category. In the world championships in Argentina she took a bronze medal in the 50m freestyle as well as establishing a world record time for the 50 metre backstroke. For this she received a gold medal. Hlaváčková has a son.

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* * 1976 births Living people Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for the Czech Republic Paralympic silver medalists for the Czech Republic Paralympic bronze medalists for the Czech Republic Paralympic swimmers for the Czech Republic S5-classified para swimmers University of South Bohemia alumni Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships Paralympic medalists in swimming Czech female freestyle swimmers People from Náchod Sportspeople from the Hradec Králové Region {{CzechRepublic-swimming-bio-stub