Šárka Kašpárková

Sarka Kašpárková ( born May 20, 1971 in Opava) is a Czech athlete. At a height of 1.87 m her competition weight is 68 kg.

Sarka Kašpárková was really high jumper. Since the introduction of the three- jump for women 1992, she participated in all the major triple jump competitions and won from 1996 up to the World Indoor Championships in 1999 seven medals at international championships. Since the birth of her daughter Terezka in 2001, a sports teacher started while still internationally, but could not reach back to the world class.

Career

In the high jump Sarka Kašpárková 1989 Third had become at the Junior European Championships. At the Olympic Games in 1992 did not reach the final. At this point, her career had already begun in the triple jump, but 1992 was not olympic for women. Because even in the indoor season in 1992 it was in when the first European Indoor Championships in the triple jump bronze medal missed only two centimeters towards Helga Radtke (GER ).

Your first medal won Sarka Kašpárková until four years later. At the European Indoor Championships 1996, she was 14.50 meters four inches behind the winner Iwa Prandschewa (BUL ). In the 1996 Olympics she was with 14.92 meters, although well behind the Olympic champion Inessa Krawez (UKR ), who jumped to 15.33 meters. The silver medal but missed Kašpárková against Inna Lassowskaja (RUS ) for the same length only by the poorer second best jump.

At the World Indoor Championships in 1997 Inna Lassowskaja won with 15.01 meters in front of Ashia Hansen ( GBR) with 14.70 meters and 14.66 meters Sarka Kašpárková. The Romanian Rodica Mateescu (ROM) was 14.65 meters directly behind Sarka Kašpárková. In the outdoor world championships Sarka Kašpárková presented with 15.01 meters and 15.20 meters on then with her ​​ninth and tenth Czech record, reaching a width that had been surpassed by this time only on the infringement absent world record holder Inessa Krawez. Nevertheless Sarka Kašpárková had at winning the world title just a lead of four centimeters, as well Mateescu showed the best race of her career.

At the European Indoor Championships in 1998 Sarka Kašpárková won with 14.76 meters silver medal, but had 40 centimeters behind Ashia Hansen. Much scarcer was the final result at the outdoor European Championships in the same year. With its 14.53 meters Sarka Kašpárková was indeed only two inches behind the European champion Olga Vasdeki (GRE ) back, but Teresa Marinowa (BUL ) with 14.50 meters and 14.46 meters Rodica Mateescu with followed close behind.

The World Indoor Championships in 1999 Ashia Hansen won with 15.02 meters before Iwa Prandschewa with 14.94 meters. Sarka Kašpárková won with 14.87 meters bronze. This was the last medal for the Czech woman who in 1999 was sixth at the outdoor World Championships and after successful qualification did not compete for the finals at the 2000 Olympic Games.

Endkampfplatzierungen

Bests

• High jump 1.92 meters (1992); 1.95 meters (1993, Halle)
• Long jump 6.56 meters (1998)
• Triple Jump 15.20 Meters ( 1997)