Kateřina Šafránková (; born 8 June 1989 in

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er. She competed in the hammer throw event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. On May 20, 2016, she broke the national record in

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with 72,34 m. She later beat that record with a mark of 72.47 in Kolin.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Safrankova, Katerina 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Kolín Czech female hammer throwers Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for the Czech Republic Czech Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade 21st-century Czech women