Lenka Valešová (née Ledvinová; born 11 August 1985) is a Czech hammer thrower. She has represented the Czech Republic at the Summer Olympics, World Athletics Championships, European Athletics Championships and twice at the Summer Universiade.
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| Nationality | Czech | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 11, 1985 Domažlice, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Czech Republic | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field, weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Hammer thrower | |||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editCareer
editShe finished sixth at the 2004 World Junior Championships and won the silver medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade. She also competed at the 2002 European Championships, the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.[2]
Ledvinová improved the Czech national record three times. Her personal best throw is 70.51 metres, achieved in May 2009 in Sušice.[3] She was selected to represent her country at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, and competed in qualifying only.
She switched sports to Olympic weightlifting in 2010 and won the national championship and set a national record in the clean and jerk for +90kg category, with a lift of 96 kg. She fell to fifth place at the 2011 national championships.[4] She returned her focus to athletics and won a fifth hammer throw title at the 2020 Czech Athletics Championships.[5]
Competition record
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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| 2002 | World Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 15th (q) | 55.50 m |
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | 43rd (q) | 47.65 m | |
| 2004 | World Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 6th | 60.18 m |
| 2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 32nd (q) | 60.85 m |
| 2007 | European U23 Championships | Debrecen, Hungary | 2nd | 67.63 m |
| World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 21st (q) | 66.57 m | |
| Universiade | Bangkok, Thailand | 3rd | 66.41 m | |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 26th (q) | 67.17 m |
| 2009 | Universiade | Belgrade, Serbia | 11th | 65.53 m |
| World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 36th (q) | 62.92 m | |
| 2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 20th (q) | 60.74 m |
National titles
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Lenka Ledvinová". Olympedia. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
- ^ "Lenka Ledvinová". Olympics. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
- ^ "Kladivářka Ledvinová jako první Češka přehodila hranici 70 metrů". Sport.cz (in Czech). 2009-05-02.
- ^ Hodnocení mistrovství ČR mužů, žen a do 23 let 2011. vzpirani. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
- ^ "Mistrovství ČR mužů a žen na dráze Plzeň (8. - 9. 8. 2020)". atletika.cz. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
- ^ "Lenka Ledvinová". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
- ^ "Lenka Ledvinová". World Athletics. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
