Barbora Špotáková is pictured above during the 2016 European Athletics Championships
in Amsterdam, where she finished 5th. (62.66m) after leading the qualifications (63.73m).
She performed better at the Rio Olympics the following month and there won
the bronze medal with her fifth throw.
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro.
Women's javelin final.
| 1. |
Sara Kolak |
Croatia |
66.18m |
NR |
| 2. |
Sunette Viljoen |
South Africa
|
64.92
|
|
| 3. |
Barbora Špotáková |
Czech Republic
|
64.80
|
|
| 4. |
Maria Andrejczyk |
Poland
|
64.78
|
|
| 5. |
Tatsiana Khaladovich |
Belarus
|
64.60
|
|
| 6. |
Kathryn Mitchell |
Australia
|
64.36
|
|
| 7. |
Lu Huihui |
China
|
64.04
|
SB |
| 8. |
Christina Obergföll |
Germany
|
62.92 |