Daniela Bártová-Břečková () (born 6 May 1974) is a retired

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athlete. She was born in

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. Originally a

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, her coach persuaded her to be a

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er. She set nine world records in the mid-1990s, but she lost it on 4 November 1995 to Sun Caiyun and was unable to recapture it. Her personal best is 4.51 m (

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, 9 June 1998). Despite her success she only won one international medal, a silver medal at the 1998 European Indoor Championships. As a gymnast, she represented the Czech Republic at the 1991 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, placing 33rd in the all-around event, also took part in the all-around team event at the

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. Bártová is married to flatwater canoer Jan Břečka.

World records

*4.12 m – Duisburg, Germany, 18 June 1995 *4.13 m – Wesel, Germany, 24 June 1995 *4.14 m – Gateshead, England, 2 July 1995 *4.15 m – Ostrava, Czech Republic, 6 July 1995 *4.16 m – Feldkirch, Austria, 14 July 1995 *4.17 m – Feldkirch, Austria, 15 July 1995 *4.20 m – Cologne, Germany, 18 August 1995 *4.21 m – Linz, Austria, 22 August 1995 *4.22 m – Salgotarjan, Hungary, 11 September 1995

Competition record

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