Kristýna Napoleaová (born 12 April 1996) is a

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professional golfer and former footballer with

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. She won the 2023

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Career

Napoleaová is a former football player of the

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and a six-time champion of the Czech Women's U-15 and U-19 League with

. She took up golf in 2016 at the age of twenty, after an injury halted her football career. She turned professional just three and a half years later in 2020. Napoleaová joined the

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in 2020, and she finished tied 4th at the 2021 Flumserberg Ladies Open. In 2021, she also played in six events on the

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. She made her first LET cut at the

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in the week of her fifth anniversary of starting with golf. She finished tied 39th at LET Q-School to receive limited status for 2022, and had her breakthrough on the LET when she finished runner-up at the

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, after sharing the halfway lead with eventual winner

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. In 2023, she won the

with a birdie on the first playoff hole.

Amateur wins

*2018 Grabštejn Open

Professional wins (1)

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

LET playoff record (1–0)

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