Kristýna Pálešová (born 22 February 1991 in
Ivančice
Ivančice (; german: Eibenschütz, yi, אייבעשיץ) is a town in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,700 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as a ...
) is a Czech former
artistic gymnast
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...
and part of the national team.
She participated at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
and
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in London, United Kingdom, and the
2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Tokyo, Japan, from October 7–16, 2011, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
Due to uncertainty over the nuclear situation following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the Inte ...
.
Pálešová made her international debut in 2007, at the European Championships, having taken up the sport at the age of 5. She retired in 2016.
References
External links
*http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3125:ig-online-interview-kristyna-palesova-cze&catid=3:interviews&Itemid=56
*http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3591:paleova-presses-past-injury-toward-europeans&catid=2:news&Itemid=166
*http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/photos/krist%C3%BDna-p%C3%A1le%C5%A1ov%C3%A1?excludenudity=true&sort=mostpopular&mediatype=photography&phrase=krist%C3%BDna%20p%C3%A1le%C5%A1ov%C3%A1
1991 births
Living people
Czech female artistic gymnasts
Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic gymnasts for the Czech Republic
Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics
People from Ivančice
Sportspeople from the South Moravian Region
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