Martina Šestáková (
née
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Darmovzalová) (born 12 October 1978 in
Valtice
Valtice (; german: Feldsberg) is a town in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,600 inhabitants. It is known as part of Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The town c ...
) is a Czech triple jumper. She set a personal best jump of 14.18 metres at a national athletics meet in
Kladno
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. She is also a seven-time national triple jump champion (2002–2008), and a member of TJ Lokomotiva Břeclav, under her personal coach Michal Pogány.
Šestáková represented the
Czech Republic
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, where she competed for the
women's triple jump. Unfortunately, she did not receive her best mark in the qualifying rounds, after failing to jump at a specific distance in three successive attempts.
References
External links
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Profile – Czech Athletic Federation
Czech female triple jumpers
Living people
Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
People from Valtice
1978 births
Sportspeople from the South Moravian Region
Czech Athletics Championships winners
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