Jarmila Nygrýnová-Strejčková (15 February 1953 – 5 January 1999) was a

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...

er from the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

, representing

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

. She won six medals at the

European Athletics Indoor Championships The European Athletics Indoor Championships is a biennial indoor track and field competition for European athletes that is organised by the European Athletic Association. It was held for the first time in 1970, replacing the European Indoor Games ...

as well as a bronze medal at the

1978 European Athletics Championships The 12th European Athletics Championships were held from 29 August to 3 September 1978 in the Stadion Evžena Rošického in Prague, the capital city of Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic). Contemporaneous reports on the event were given ...

. She was born in Plzeň. She was a three-time competitor at the Summer Olympics, entering the long jump in 1972, 1976 and 1980, and was part of the Czechoslovak team at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Athletics, finishing tenth in the long jump.Jarmila Nygrynova-Strejckova
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-01.

International competitions

References

* 1953 births 1999 deaths Sportspeople from Plzeň Czech female long jumpers Czechoslovak female long jumpers Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Czechoslovakia Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Czechoslovakia Universiade silver medalists for Czechoslovakia Medalists at the 1975 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade {{Czech-athletics-bio-stub