Viktória Forster (born 8 April 2002) is a Slovak

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athlete who competes internationally as a hurdler and a sprinter. She holds the Slovak women's record for

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and

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Biography

Forster was born on 8 April 2002 in the village of

Hronec Hronec (, , until 1886: ) is a village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. History In historical records, the village was first mentioned as ''Hronecz'' in 1357, when it was the dominion of Ly ...

, close to the town of

Brezno Brezno (; 1927–1948: ; or ; ) is a town in central Slovakia with a population of around 21,000. Etymology The name is derived from the Slovak word "breza" for birch. Geography Brezno is located within the Geomorphological division of Slovak ...

. Originally, she competed in

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following the example of her mother, but switched to athletics at the age of 13. She studied at the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra but suspended her studies to focus on preparation for the 2024 Olympics. Her athletic idol is the Jamaican sprinter

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Career

At the indoors Slovak championships in

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, Forster achieved a new Slovak women's record 60 meter hurdle run 8.03, beating the 8.04 time achieved by Miriam Bobková in 2008. In early 2023, she achieved two Slovak women's records in 100 meters hurdle run, first at

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and later at

Golden Spike Ostrava Golden Spike () is an annual athletics event at the Městský Stadion in Ostrava- Vítkovice, Czech Republic as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings. It was first organized in 1961. The history of the meeting was interrupted in 1999, whe ...

. Wanting to capitalize on her form, she competed solely in this discipline at the

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. Nonetheless she failed to qualify for the semi-finals after tripping at the eight hurdle. At the 2023 P-T-S athletic meeting in

Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica (, also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Greater Fatra, Veľká Fatra, and t ...

she ran 100 meters in 11.26, beating the 11.29 national women's record achieved by Eva Glesková at the

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. At the

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Forster won the 100 meters hurdle race with the time 12.72, making a new Slovak record, beating her own record of 12.82 from Golden Spike Ostrava. She also classified for the

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by clearing the 12.77 threshold. Additionally, she finished second in 100 meters race with the time 11.34. At the

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Forster struggled in 100 m hurdles, failing to advance to semi-finals with the time 13.47. Viktória Forster runs for VŠC Dukla Banská Bystrica.

Competition record

References

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Viktória Forster
at the

Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Forster, Viktoria 2002 births Living people People from Brezno District Slovak female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics FISU World University Games gold medalists for Slovakia FISU World University Games silver medalists for Slovakia Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade FISU World University Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Slovak female hurdlers European Games competitors for Slovakia Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Slovakia 21st-century Slovak sportswomen