Barbora SPOTAKOVA

Barbora Spotakova - Czech Republic - 2008 Olympic Javelin Champion

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 21 August 2008

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Tuesday, 30 June 1981
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Jablonec, Czech Rep.
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Czech Republic
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Barbora SPOTAKOVA - Czech Republic - 2008 Olympic Javelin Champion

The bottom left inset picture above shows a delighted

Barbora celebrating after she had struck gold in the final

of the womens Javelin at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

The action pictures also show Spotakova during the final.

It was a outstanding performance from Barbora and meant

that she added a second gold medal to her collection following

her success at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka.

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Women's Javelin Final.
2008 Olympic Games.

1. Barbora SPOTAKOVA   CZE   71.42m
2. Maria ABAKUMOVA   RUS   70.78m
3. Christina OBERGFOLL   GER   66.13m
4. Goldie SAYERS   GBR   65.75m
5. Steffi NERIUS   GER   65.29m
6. Osleidys MENENDEZ   CUB   63.35m
7. Barbara MADEJCZYK   POL   62.02m
8. Katharina MOLITOR   GER   59.64m