Monika Míčková (born 29 July 1991) is a retired
Czech rhythmic gymnast
Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coordi ...
. She is the
2012 Grand Prix Final All-around bronze medalist.
Career
Míčková has competed 6 times at the
World Championships since 2007 as an individual and group gymnast, she has also competed in the
World Cup and
Grand Prix
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Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to:
Arts and entertainment ...
series.
In 2012, the absence of most veteran rhythmic gymnasts competing in Grand Prix after the
2012 Summer Olympics
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. Competing in home crowd at the
2012 Grand Prix Final in
Brno
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, she was able to win the bronze medal in all-around
[2012 Grand Prix Final all-around results]
ahead of Azeri gymnast
Lala Yusifova
Lala Yusifova ( az, Lalə Yusifova, born 16 October 1996) is a retired Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnast.
Career
Yusifova began competing in junior internationals in 2009. She won the silver medal in ball at the 2010 European Junior Championships ...
who finished 4th, she also won silver in ball and bronze in ribbon final. Míčková had her highest placement at the
2013 European Championships finishing 17th in the all-around. She finished 13th in all-around at the
2013 Summer Universiade
The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade (russian: XXVII Летняя Универсиада), was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade. Over 10,400 un ...
in
Kazan. She finished 6th in all-around at the
2014 Brno Grand Prix.
In 2016, Mickova finished 24th in the all-around at the
2016 Grand Prix Moscow.
[.] On 17–20 March Mickova then competed at the
2016 Lisboa World Cup where she finished 17th in the all-around. At the 30th
Thiais Grand Prix event in
Paris, she finished 19th in the all-around. On 1–3 April Mickova competed at the
2016 Pesaro World Cup where she finished 33rd in the all-around. On 6–8 May Mickova competed at the
Brno Grand Prix finishing 8th in the all-around and qualified to all 4 apparatus finals. She announced her retirement on her Facebook account on 16 May.
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
Czech rhythmic gymnasts
Sportspeople from Brno
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