Kateřina Čechová (; born 21 March 1988 in
Brno
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) is a Czech
athlete
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Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...
who specialises in the
100 m
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and
200 m
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sprints.
Čechová won the 100 metres at the
Czech Athletics Championships
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in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. In 2012, she broke the championship record in recording a personal best time of 11.32 seconds and also won gold over 200 metres.
Achievements
References
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1988 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Brno
Czech female sprinters
Olympic athletes of the Czech Republic
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic female sprinters
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