Jiřina Kudličková
Czech pole vaulter
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Jiřina Kudličková (formerly Svobodová, née Ptáčníková; Czech pronunciation: [ˈjɪr̝ɪna ˈptaːtʃɲiːkovaː]; born 20 May 1986) is a Czech former pole vaulter. She won the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki and the 2014 World Indoor Championships.[1]
20 May 1986
Jiřina Ptáčníková at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Czech |
| Born | Jiřina Ptáčníková 20 May 1986 |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Pole vault |
| Club | USK Praha |
| Coached by | František Ptáčník, Pavel Sluka |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best |
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Biography
She is the daughter of the Czech sprinter František Ptáčník.
Ptáčníková achieved a personal best (indoor) of 4.70 metres in Donetsk in 2012.[2] This was a Czech record.[3] She improved to 4.71 m in 2014, which was also a Czech record.[4]
She also achieved outdoor personal best of 4.76 metres in Plzeň in September 2013.[5]
Personal life
On 21 September 2012 she married the hurdler Petr Svoboda,[6] however the couple divorced in 2014.[7] In September 2020 Ptáčníková married pole vaulter Jan Kudlička.[8]
