Helena Fibingerová () (born 13 July 1949 in
Víceměřice,
Olomouc Region
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) is a
Czech shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...
ter who won an Olympic bronze medal in 1976 and became World champion in 1983. She also set three world records.
World records
* 21.57 metres on 21 September 1974 in
Gottwaldov
* 21.99 metres on 26 July 1976 in
Opava
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* 22.32 metres on 20 August 1977 in
Nitra
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Her latest record stood until 2 May 1980, when East German
Ilona Slupianek
Ilona Longo (née Schoknecht, divorced Briesenick and Slupianek; born 24 September 1956) is a German former shot putter who represented East Germany. As Ilona Slupianek, she won the 1980 Olympic title in Moscow and won European titles in 1978 and ...
improved it by four centimetres.
Fibingerová still holds the indoor world record with 22.50 metres, achieved on 19 February 1977 in
Jablonec nad Nisou
Jablonec nad Nisou (; german: Gablonz an der Neiße) is a city in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 45,000 inhabitants. It is the second-largest city in the region. It is a local centre for education, and is known for its glass ...
.
International competitions
Personal life
Fibingerová is a friend of Jana Nečasová, the former Czech Prime Minister's wife. She testified in court as a
character witness
Character evidence is a term used in the law of evidence to describe any testimony or document submitted for the purpose of proving that a person acted in a particular way on a particular occasion based on the character or disposition of that per ...
in defence of Nečasová in relation to the
2013 Czech political corruption scandal
The 2013 Czech political corruption scandal started with a raid against organized crime which was conducted in the Czech Republic in June 2013 by the Police Unit for Combating Organized Crime ( cs, Útvar pro odhalování organizovaného zločinu ...
, in which Nečasová and her husband stood accused.
References
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1949 births
Living people
People from Prostějov District
Czechoslovak female shot putters
Czech female shot putters
Olympic female shot putters
Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia
Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia
Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for Czechoslovakia
World Athletics Championships medalists
European Athletics Championships medalists
World record setters in athletics (track and field)
Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)
World Athletics indoor record holders
World Athletics Championships winners
Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Friendship Games medalists in athletics
Sportspeople from the Olomouc Region
Czechoslovak Athletics Championships winners
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