Lucia Hrivnák Klocová (born 20 November 1983 in

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) is a retired Slovak middle distance

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, who specialized in the

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and

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. She represented Slovakia at the

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and

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. She has also reached the semi-finals of the

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on five occasions.

Biography

Junior career

She was a highly successful junior athlete, winning the

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at the 2000 World Junior Championships and then going on to become the 2001 European Junior Champion. The following year she improved one place on the global stage, taking a

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at the 2002 World Junior Championships. Stepping up an age level, she won the silver at the

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Senior career

She set a personal best in the 800 m at the 2008

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in Paris. Her time of 1:58.51 was a step towards

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's Slovakian record of 1:58.37, but it was overshadowed by

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's African record run. Klocová reached her first senior final at the

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where she finished fourth in the women's 800 m. She was later awarded the bronze medal, after the disqualification of

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. She broke Andrea Sollarova's seventeen-year-old national record over

at the

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meet in Dubnica later that year. Her time of 4:08.86 was enough for second place behind Olympic finalist Anna Mishchenko, who set a meet record. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the

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final, finishing in fifth place.

Coach

She was coached by Pavel Slouka and her club is AK ZTS Martin, where she returned after 8 years spent in Slávia UK Bratislava.Z Lucie je už bežkyňa pod dve minúty,

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Competition record

References

External links

Official website
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Lucia Hrivnák Klocová
at the Slovak Olympic Committee, ''Slovenský Olympijský Výbor'' * 1983 births Living people Slovak female middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Slovakia World Athletics Championships athletes for Slovakia Sportspeople from Martin, Slovakia {{Slovakia-athletics-bio-stub