Petra Kamínková
Czech long-distance runner
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Petra Kamínková (née Drajzajtlová; born 19 January 1973) is a Czech long distance runner.[1] She won eleven consecutive races in the annual 10 km Běchovice – Prague Race. She is a 17-time national champion.[3] She is the Czech national record holder in the women's 5K run, having set her time of 15:37 in 2004.
Kamínková at the 2012 Olomouc Half Marathon | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Czech |
| Born | 19 January 1973[1] Olomouc, Czechoslovakia |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Long-distance |
| Club | AK Olomouc[2] |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | |
Career
In 2002 Kamínková became the first woman to win the Běchovice – Prague Race four times in a row, having won her first three races under her maiden name of Drajzajtlová.[4]
In 2004 Kamínková set a Czech national record of 15:37 in the women's 5K run, after finishing in 5th place at that year's Mattoni Grand Prix in Prague.[5]
Kamínková won the women's Zwolle Half Marathon in June 2005 with a winning time of 1:13:46.[6]
She won her eighth successive Běchovice – Prague Race in 2006, leading her rivals by around 500 metres for most of the race.[7]
Kamínková was the seventh woman to finish the 2007 Prague Marathon, and the first Czech.[8] In September 2007 she won her ninth consecutive Běchovice – Prague Race, finishing more than a minute in front of second-placed Vendula Frintová.[2]
In 2008 Kamínková won the Běchovice – Prague Race for a tenth time in a row, finishing in a time of 36 minutes, 11 seconds.[9] She subsequently extended her record sequence by winning the race in 2009 for her 11th consecutive title.[10] Kamínková finished second in the Běchovice – Prague Race in 2013 at the age of 40, behind Christine Chepkemei of Kenya, to win her twelfth national championship title at that distance.[11]
She was the first Czech woman to finish the 2015 Olomouc Half Marathon.[12]
