Kateřina Baďurová (; born 18 December 1982 in

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), also known as Kateřina Janků, is a Czech former

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er. She finished twelfth at the

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. She also competed at the 2004 World Indoor Championships and the European Championships in

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and

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without reaching the finals. Her best success came at the

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, where she took

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for 4.75 m vault, setting new Czech national record. She took early retirement from the sport due to a serious rupture of the ligament in her left knee. After retirement, she planned to continue in the field of child

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. Since 2010 she works as an athletic head coach.

Personal life

In 2010, Baďurová married Czech

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er,

Tomáš Janků Tomáš Janků (; born 27 December 1974 in Jablonec nad Nisou) is a former Czech high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.34 metres, achieved at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg. In 2010, he married Czech pole vaulter Kateřina Baďu ...

. In 2007, Janků presented Baďurová with 465 roses at a press conference after she set a new national record in the pole vault of 465cm. The pair have two daughters Ellen (born 2012) and Nikolet (born 2014). She won ''StarDance'', the Czech version of ''

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'', in 2012.

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* * * * * 1982 births Living people Czech female pole vaulters Czech athletics coaches Czech female dancers Czech dancers Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for the Czech Republic Athletes from Ostrava Czech Athletics Championships winners Dancing with the Stars winners {{czechRepublic-athletics-bio-stub