Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová () (born 19 November 1978 in

Litoměřice Litoměřice (; german: Leitmeritz) is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation. The town is the seat ...

) is a

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athlete, competing in the

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

and the

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

. She married Czech professional

wrestler Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat sport ...

Jakub Cechl on 17 October 2003. In August 2005 she won a bronze medal at the

2005 World Championships in Athletics The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland (6 August 2005 – 14 August 2005), the site of the first IAAF ...

. Her personal best distances are 67.71 m for the discus and 16.92 m for the shot put.

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* * 1978 births Living people People from Litoměřice Czech female discus throwers Czech female shot putters Olympic athletes of the Czech Republic 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 World Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Czech Republic Sportspeople from the Ústí nad Labem Region 20th-century Czech women 21st-century Czech women {{CzechRepublic-athletics-bio-stub