Zuzana Hlavoňová (née Kováčiková ), born 16 April 1973) is a

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former

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er. Born in

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, she competed at three

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, and won silver medals at the 1999 World Indoor Championships and the 2000 European Indoor Championships. Her personal best jump is 2.00 metres, achieved in June 2000 in

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Achievements

Notes: * (q) indicates overall position in qualifying round * (#) indicates height achieved in qualifying round. Only shown if superior to height reached in final.

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* 1973 births Living people Czech female high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic Sportspeople from Šaľa Athletes from the Nitra Region Czech Athletics Championships winners {{Czech-athletics-bio-stub