Daniela Bártová-Břečková () (born 6 May 1974) is a retired

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athlete. She was born in

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. Originally a

gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ...

, her coach persuaded her to be a

pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...

er. She set nine world records in the mid-1990s, but she lost it on 4 November 1995 to Sun Caiyun and was unable to recapture it. Her personal best is 4.51 m ( Bratislava,

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, 9 June 1998). Despite her success she only won one international medal, a silver medal at the 1998 European Indoor Championships. As a gymnast, she represented the Czech Republic at the

1991 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 26th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Indianapolis, United States, in the Hoosier Dome The RCA Dome (originally Hoosier Dome) was a domed stadium in Indianapolis. It was the home of the Indianapolis Colts NFL franchise ...

, placing 33rd in the all-around event, also took part in the all-around team event at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. Bártová is married to flatwater canoer Jan Břečka.

World records

*4.12 m – Duisburg, Germany, 18 June 1995 *4.13 m – Wesel, Germany, 24 June 1995 *4.14 m – Gateshead, England, 2 July 1995 *4.15 m – Ostrava, Czech Republic, 6 July 1995 *4.16 m – Feldkirch, Austria, 14 July 1995 *4.17 m – Feldkirch, Austria, 15 July 1995 *4.20 m – Cologne, Germany, 18 August 1995 *4.21 m – Linz, Austria, 22 August 1995 *4.22 m – Salgotarjan, Hungary, 11 September 1995

Competition record

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bartova, Daniela 1974 births Living people Czech female artistic gymnasts Czech female pole vaulters Olympic gymnasts of Czechoslovakia Gymnasts at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Czech Republic Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics World record setters in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships athletes for the Czech Republic Sportspeople from Ostrava Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games