Jana Šikulová
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Jana Šikulová (born 2 July 1988) is a Czech former artistic gymnast. She is the 2006 European Championships silver medalist on the uneven bars.
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| Born | 2 July 1988 Brno, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Sokol Brno I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coaches | Stanislav Vyzina, Anita Vyzinová | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal life
Šikulová was born in Brno on 2 July 1988.[1] In August 2014, she graduated from the Faculty of Sports Studies of Masaryk University with a Master's degree. She wrote her diploma thesis about the Yurchenko vault.[2]
Career
Šikulová started gymnastics aged six and reached the top of the Czech gymnastics despite having a vision impairment in her left eye. She followed the steps of fellow Brno gymnast Jana Komrsková, being nicknamed "Small Jana" to distinct her from Komrsková.[3]
Šikulová competed at her first World Championships in 2003 and finished 87th in the all-around qualifications.[4] She won a bronze medal on the uneven bars at the 2004 Glasgow World Cup and a silver medal at the Stuttgart World Cup.[5][6] At the 2006 European Championships, she won a silver medal on the uneven bars behind Beth Tweddle.[7]
Šikulová won a gold medal on the uneven bars at the 2010 Maribor World Cup and bronze medals on the vault and floor exercise.[8] She competed with the Czech team that finished 30th at the 2010 World Championships.[9] She won a bronze medal on the uneven bars at the 2012 Osijek World Challenge Cup.[10]
Šikulová competed at the 2013 La Roche-sur-Yon World Cup in France and won a bronze medal on the uneven bars.[11] She then qualified for the all-around final at the 2013 European Championships and finished 20th.[12] At the Ljubljana World Challenge Cup, she won a bronze medal on the uneven bars.[13] She finished 14th in the all-around final at the 2013 Summer Universiade.[14] She won the 2013 Sokol Grand Prix mixed pair competition together with Martin Konečný.[15]
At the 2014 Doha World Challenge Cup, Šikulová won the uneven bars silver medal behind teammate Kristýna Pálešová.[16] She also won the uneven bars silver medal at the Korea Cup.[17] She then competed at the 2014 European Championships and placed 18th in the all-around. She retired from competition after the European Championships to work as a coach.[2]
