Jana Šikulová (born 2 July 1988) is a Czech

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

. She is a multiple Czech national champion and a 2006 European Championships silver medalist on uneven bars. She also won or medalled in multiple world cup events.

Career

She was born in

Brno Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...

. She started gymnastics aged six and reached the top of the Czech gymnastics despite having a vision impairment in her left eye. Šikulová followed the steps of fellow Brno gymnast

Jana Komrsková Jana Komrsková (born 6 May 1983 in Roudnice nad Labem) is an artistic gymnast from the Czech Republic who competed in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. Early life Komrsková was born on 6 May 1983 to father Jan Komrska, a gymnastics coach, an ...

, being nicknamed "Small Jana" to distinct her from Komrsková. Although being a top Czech gymnast for years, she did not make it into the olympic squad. Both in 2008 and 2012, she lost the internal Czech competition to

Kristýna Pálešová Kristýna Pálešová (born 22 February 1991 in Ivančice) is a Czech former artistic gymnast and part of the national team. She participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, and the 2011 World Ar ...

. In August 2014, Šikulová graduated from the Faculty of Sports Studies of

Masaryk University Masaryk University (MU) ( cs, Masarykova univerzita; la, Universitas Masarykiana Brunensis) is the second largest university in the Czech Republic, a member of the Compostela Group and the Utrecht Network. Founded in 1919 in Brno as the seco ...

with a Master's degree. She wrote her diploma thesis about the Yurchenko vault.

References

1988 births Living people Czech female artistic gymnasts Sportspeople from Brno Masaryk University alumni {{CzechRepublic-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub