Ludmila Formanová () (born 2 January 1974) is a former

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middle-distance runner who specialized in the

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. She was born in

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. In 1999 she broke Maria de Lurdes Mutola's winning streak at the World Indoor Championships, and won in a championship record (CR) of 1:56.90. In August she ran in a personal best time of 1:56.56 (August 11) and won the

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(August 24). She officially finished her active career on 2 May 2007.

International competitions

References

* 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Čáslav Czech female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for the Czech Republic World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Indoor Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners Athletes from the Central Bohemian Region Czech Athletics Championships winners {{Czech-athletics-bio-stub