Daniela Ledecká
Slovak athlete
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Daniela Ledecká (born 4 November 1996) is a Slovak athlete. She has won multiple national championship titles in the 400 metres hurdles. She competed in the 400 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]
Biography
Ledecká competes as a member of VŠC Dukla Banská Bystrica.[2] She ran in the Slovak 4 x 400 metres relay team at the 2018 European Athletics Championships, in which they placed eighth overall.[3] She also competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the championships, held in Berlin.[4] In June 2019, she set a new personal best for the 400 m hurdles in Šamorín with a time of 56.79 seconds for the 400 metres hurdles.[5]
At the 2021 World Athletics Relays in Chorzów, Poland, she finished sixth in the 2 x 2 x 400 m relay with Patrik Dömötör.[6][7]
She ran at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, where she became the first Slovak women to compete in the 400 metres hurdles at the world championships.[8] Later that summer she competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Germany.[9] In August 2023, she finished fourth at the delayed 2021 World University Games in Chengdu, finishing in 56.71 seconds.[10]
She reached the semi-finals competing for Slovakia at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy in June 2024.[11][12]
She was a semi-finalist in the 400 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, finishing with the tenth fastest time of 53.39 seconds.[13][14] She took part in the 2025 Diamond League at the 2025 London Athletics Meet in July 2025.[15]
She was a semi-finalist in the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025.[16][17]
She was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland, running the 400 metres without advancing to the semi-finals.[18][19]
Competing at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, she was a semi-finalist in the 400 metres hurdles.[20] She also competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the championships.[21]
Personal life
In 2023, she appeared on Slovak television quiz show Riskuj! alongside her national teammate and friend Viktória Forster.[22]