Marcela Joglová (born 27 July 1987) is a Czech former

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. She took part in the women's marathon at the

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Early life

Joglová was born in

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in the

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. She studied at the and worked simultaneously as a

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. After moving to

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, she had various occupations including being a

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, a nurse at a dermatology clinic, and an

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. She also qualified as a certified

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Athletics career

Joglová competed in the 2018

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, finishing as the ninth woman overall, and second Czech woman behind Petra Pastorova for second place at the Czech Republic Marathon Championships. She competed in the women's marathon event at the

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, Qatar. Her first time competing in the event, she finished with a time of 2:52:22 for twentieth place. In 2020 she won the Czech national championship at half marathon distance with a time of 1:13:46. Later in 2020, she competed in the women's race at the

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held in Gdynia, Poland. In December 2020, she ran a personal best 2:31:29 at the

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in Spain. In April 2021 Joglová ran a marathon within the Olympic qualifying standard, finishing the race at the

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in the Netherlands in a new personal best time of 2:28:16. Her time was also the third-fastest marathon time by a Czech woman. In August 2021 Joglová represented the Czech Republic at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In the women's marathon she was the first of three Czech athletes, finishing in 52nd place with a time of 2:39:29 in

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. At the 2022 Prague Marathon in May, Joglová finished as the seventh woman overall, and first Czech woman, to win the Czech Marathon Championship. In August of the same year, she competed in the women's marathon at the

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, finishing second of three Czech runners and 24th overall. Having only taken part in one race since undergoing surgery in autumn 2022, Joglová announced her retirement from competitive running in May 2024.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Joglova, Marcela 1987 births Living people Czech female long-distance runners Czech female marathon runners People from Plánice World Athletics Championships athletes for the Czech Republic Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic 20th-century Czech women 21st-century Czech sportswomen