Julia Kopecký (born 10 August 2004) is a Czech professional

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...

, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam , having previously ridden for AG Insurance–Soudal NXTG. Her brothers Matyáš and

Tomáš Tomáš () is a Czech and Slovak given name, equivalent to the name Thomas. Tomáš is also a surname (feminine: Tomášová). Notable people with the name include: Given name Sport *Tomáš Berdych (born 1985), Czech tennis player * Tomáš Cho ...

are also professional cyclists. She was selected to compete at the

2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

and won the Tour de Feminin in the same year.

Major results

Road

;2021 : 2nd

Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...

, National Junior Championships : 3rd Overall Bizkaikoloreak : 6th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie ;2022 : 1st Road race, National Junior Championships : 1st Stage 2 EPZ Omloop van Borsele Juniors : 2nd Overall Watersley Ladies Challenge : 7th Road race, UCI Junior World Championships ;2023 : 1st Leiedal Koerse : 4th Overall Tour de Feminin : 6th Road race, European Under-23 Championships : 10th Overall Baloise Ladies Tour ;2024 : National Championships ::1st

::3rd Road race : 1st Overall Tour de Feminin ::1st Points classification ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 2 : 2nd Volta NXT Classic : 2nd

Omloop van Borsele Omloop van Borsele ("Circuit of Borsele") is an elite List of women's road bicycle races, women's professional road bicycle race held annually since 2002 in Borsele, Netherlands. Since 2012 in women's road cycling, 2012, the event also contains a ...

ITT : 9th Overall

Gracia–Orlová Gracia–Orlová is a women's staged cycle racing, cycle race which takes place in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic and in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland. It was created in 1987. Honours Jerseys As of the 2013 edition: ...

: 10th

Antwerp Port Epic Antwerp Port Epic is a cycling race held annually in Belgium. It was created in 2018 and is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste ...

Cyclo-cross

;2020–2021 : 1st National Junior Championships : Junior

Toi Toi Cup The HSF System Cup is a season-long cyclo-cross competition consisting of 8 races throughout the season in the Czech Republic. The event was formerly known as the Toi Toi Cup and Budvar Cup. The event It is one of five season-long competitions, al ...

::1st Jičín ::1st Holé Vrchy ::1st Mladá Boleslav ;2021–2022 : 2nd National Junior Championships : Junior X²O Badkamers Trophy ::3rd Herentals ;2022–2023 : 2nd

National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...

;2023–2024 : 2nd Rucphen

References

External links

* 2004 births Living people Czech female cyclists Czech cyclo-cross cyclists Sportspeople from Leiden Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for the Czech Republic {{CzechRepublic-cycling-bio-stub