Štepánka Kucerová
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Born | 18 February 1908 | ||||||||||||||
Died | 21 January 1999 | (aged 90)||||||||||||||
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Country | Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | sprint, middle-distance, discus throw | ||||||||||||||
Club | Achilles Brno (1925) AC Moravská Slavia Brno (from 1926) | ||||||||||||||
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Štepánka Kucerová with marriage name Nádvorníková (18 February 1908 - 21 January 1999) was a Czechoslovak track and field athlete during the 1920s, the early era of women's athletics.[1] She won a bronze medal at the second Women's World Games in 1926.
Biography
[change | change source]Kucerová was born in 1908. She was a member of “Achilles Brno" in Brno in 1925 and of SK Moravská Slavia from 1926.[2][3]
In 1926, she represented Czechoslovakia at the 1926 Women's World Games in Gothenburg. She won the bronze medal in the 4 × 110 yards relay together with Ludmila Sychrová, Zdena Smolová and Marie Vidláková.[4] She finished fifth in the 1000 metres event.[5]
She won the 1000 metres event at the 1926 Czechoslovakia–France–Yugoslavia women's athletics match in a new national record of 3:23.8.[6][7] She represented her country also at other international competitions, including at the 1926 Stockholm international women's athletics meeting.[8] She also competed at the 1930 Women's World Games.[9]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Stepanka Kucerova". brinkster.net.
- ↑ "Štěpánka Nádvorníková". Encyklopedie.cz (in cz).
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Galerie slávy – N". mslavia.cz (in cz).
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Les Jeux Mondiaux féminins de Gothebourg". La Dernière Heure (in French). 31 August 1926. p. 4.
- ↑ "TCH 1926 (1926 Czechoslovak athletics results)" (PDF) (in cz). Czech Athletics. p. 13. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Les sportives francaises se sont distinguees a Pragué". La Dernière Heure (in French). 11 July 1926. p. 4 – via uurl.kbr.be.
- ↑ "Damesathletiek te Praag". Het Handelsblad (in Dutch). 6 July 1926. p. 3 – via uurl.kbr.be.
- ↑ "Bij de sportvrouwen | Te Stockholm" (in Dutch). Sportwereld. 3 September 1926. p. 3 – via uurl.kbr.be.
- ↑ "De derde vrouwenwereldspelen te Praag". De Amstelbode (in Dutch). 8 September 1930. Retrieved 29 June 2022 – via Delpher.