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Michaela Hejnová (born 10 April 1980) is a Czech former track and field athlete, specializing in the
heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek ἑπτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hep ...
. She has competed for the
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at the
2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
and has won a bronze medal in heptathlon at the
2003 Summer Universiade The 2003 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXII Summer Universiade, took place in Daegu, South Korea. Emblem * The alphabet letter "U" and five stars, which is FISU's emblem, make up the basis of the emblem for the Daegu Universiade. * It sy ...
in
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. Hejnova set a personal best score of 6065 points at a national meet in
Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; ) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 94,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech R ...
. While competing at PSK Olymp Praha in
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, Hejnova trains for the national track and field team in heptathlon under the tutelage of her personal coach Martina Blažková.


Career

Born in
Liberec Liberec (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 108,000 inhabitants, making it the fifth largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse River, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preserved and is pr ...
, Hejnova established her heptathlon history in 1999 with a silver-medal performance at the European Junior Championships in
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, producing a total score of 5786 points. Four years later, Hejnova highlighted her sporting career on the world stage at the
2003 Summer Universiade The 2003 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXII Summer Universiade, took place in Daegu, South Korea. Emblem * The alphabet letter "U" and five stars, which is FISU's emblem, make up the basis of the emblem for the Daegu Universiade. * It sy ...
in
Daegu, South Korea Daegu (; ), formerly spelled Taegu and officially Daegu Metropolitan City (), is a city in southeastern South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; the fourth-largest metropolitan city in the n ...
, where she claimed the bronze behind Australian duo
Kylie Wheeler Kylie Wheeler (born 17 January 1980 in Subiaco) is an Australian retired heptathlete. Wheeler is a six-times Australia national champion in heptathlon in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Wheeler also won a silver medal in the Athletics ...
and
Jane Jamieson Jane Jamieson (born 23 June 1975) is a track and field athlete from Australia. Jamieson competed in the heptathlon in the Olympic Games, World Championships and Commonwealth Games, finishing with Top-10 results at each level, includin ...
in the women's heptathlon with a score of 5795 points. At the
2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
in
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, Hejnova qualified for the Czech team in the
women's heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek ἑπτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hep ...
. Less than a month before the Games, she cleared the IAAF Olympic "B" standard and improved her personal best score to 6065 points at the national trials in
Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; ) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 94,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech R ...
to book her place on the Czech Olympic track and field roster. Despite putting up her rewarding effort in the javelin throw, Hejnova could only manage twenty-sixth place in the competition with a total score of 5716, nearly three hundred points below her entry standard.


Personal life

Hejnova is also the sister of 400-metre hurdler
Zuzana Hejnová Zuzana Hejnová (; born 19 December 1986) is a retired Czech athlete who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles. She won the silver medal in the event at the 2012 London Olympics. Hejnová is a two-time World Champion, having claimed titles at t ...
, who later claimed the silver medal at the
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in
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, and two championship titles at the Worlds (both in 2013 and 2015).


Personal bests

*All information taken from IAAF profile.


References


External links

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Czech Olympic Team Bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hejnova, Michaela 1980 births Living people Czech heptathletes Czech female athletes Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Liberec Athletes from the Liberec Region FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Czech Republic Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade Czech Athletics Championships winners