Petra Kamínková
 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 | |
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.
Career
[edit]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.[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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h "Petra Kamínková IAAF profile". IAAF. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Kamínková podeváté v řadě vyhrála Běchovice". idnes.cz (in Czech). 30 September 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ All-Athletics. "Profile of Petra Kamínková". Archived from the original on 30 May 2016.
- ^ "Kamínková bořila běchovickou historii". idnes.cz (in Czech). 29 September 2002. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ Novotný, Milan (10 October 2022). "Další rychlý čas Stewartové. Ve Forli atakovala český silniční rekord". Deník (in Czech). Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ "Editie 2005: Mbote loopt naar overwinning". halvemarathonzwolle.nl (in Dutch). n.d. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016.
- ^ Štráfeldová, Milena (24 September 2006). "Běchovice vyhráli Kamínková a Kreisinger". Radio Prague (in Czech). Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ Faltýnek, Vilém (24 March 2007). "Keňan Ivuti vyhrál Pražský půlmaraton v traťovém rekordu". Radio Prague (in Czech). Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ Nohejl, Tomáš (28 September 2008). "Kamínková má desáté vítězství z Běchovic". Deník (in Czech). Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ Kadeřábek, Petr (27 September 2009). "Petra Kamínková vyhrála běh Běchovice - Praha už pojedenácté". Czech Radio (in Czech). Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ Kanta, Jakub (29 September 2013). "MČR v silničním běhu Běchovice-Praha vyhráli Vitner a Kamínková". Czech Radio (in Czech). Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ Jančík, Miloslav (22 June 2015). "Návrat královny Petry. Kamínková v Olomouci vládla Češkám". idnes.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 14 September 2016.
External links
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