Barbora SPOTAKOVA

Barbora Spotakova - Czech Republic - 2012 Olympics javelin Gold.

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 09 August 2012

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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 - 2012 Olympics javelin Gold.

Barbora is pictured above during the final of the javelin where

she retained her Olympic title.

In 2008 Olympics in Beijing she won with a European record throw of 71:42m.

At the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final on 13 September 2008, Špotáková broke

 the world record in the first round with a throw of 72.28 m.


Women's Javelin Final.
2012 London Games




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1. Barbora SPOTAKOVA   CZE   69.55m
2. Christina OBERGFOLL
  GER   65.16m
3. Linda STAHL
  GER   64.91m
4. Sunette VILJOEN
  RSA   64.53m
5. Huihui LU
  CHN   63.70m
6. Kathrina MOLITOR
  GER   62.89m
7. Martina RATEJ
  SLO   61.62m
8. Madara PALAMEIKA
LAT
60.73m

Barbora's Annual progress.

2012    69.55        London               09/08/2012
2011    71.58        Daegu                 02/09/2011
2010    68.66        Roma                  10/06/2010
2009    68.23        Praha                  08/06/2009
2008   72.28        Stuttgart            13/09/2008
2007    67.12        Stuttgart              22/09/2007
2006    66.21        Stuttgart              09/09/2006
2005    65.74        Usti nad Labem  25/09/2005
2004    60.95        Tel Aviv               05/07/2004
2003    56.65        Bydgoszcz           19/07/2003
2002    56.76        Ostrava                21/07/2002