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Emma Zapletalová

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Emma Zapletalová
Personal information
Born (2000-03-24) March 24, 2000 (age 24)
Nitra, Slovakia
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
CountrySlovak Republic
SportAthletics
Event(s)400m hurdles, 400m
ClubŠK ŠOG Nitra, VŠC Dukla Banská Bystrica[1]
Coached byBram Peters, Peter Žňava (until 2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Slovakia
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tallinn 400 metres hurdles

Emma Zapletalová (born 24 March 2000)[2] is a Slovak athlete, who specializes in 400 metres hurdles and 400 metres. She represented Slovakia at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Tampere. Zapletalová became the 2021 European U23 Champion at the 400m hurdles.[3]

Career

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On 15 July 2018 in Tampere, Zapletalová took fifth place in the 400 m hurdles at the World U20 Championships. Afterwards, she had to interrupt her career for several months due to mononucleosis.

On 2 August 2020, she won the 400 m hurdles in Budapest with a time of 56.19 seconds, thus improving her personal best by almost seven tenths and smashing previous Slovak record.[4] On 30 August in Trnava, Zapletalová improved by exactly one second, setting new national record in 55.19 sec.

In June 2021, at the FBK Games in Hengelo, Netherlands, she qualified for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 400m hurdles, running 55.29.[5] Zapletalová took almost one second off her previous national record to win a gold medal at the European U23 Championships in July, where she clocked 54.28 sec.

Achievements

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Representing  Slovakia
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
2017 European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 20th (h) 400 m 55.29
8th 4×400 m 3:44.46
2018 World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 5th 400 m hurdles 57.35
16th (h) 4×400 m 3:44.05 NU20R
European Championships Berlin, Germany 8th 4×400 m 3:32.22
2021 World Relays Chorzów, Poland 14th (h) 4×400 m mixed 3:19.66 NR
European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 1st 400 m hurdles 54.28 CR NR
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 15th (sf) 400 m hurdles 55.79
2022 European Championships Munich, Germany 23rd (h) 400 m hurdles 57.42

Circuit top results

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Personal Bests

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Event Time (sec) Notes Wind Venue Date
200 metres 23.42 NU23R +0.4 m/s Prague, Czech Republic 22 August 2021
400 metres 52.54 Vítkovice, Czech Republic 22 August 2020
300 metres hurdles 38.97 NR Ostrava, Czech Republic 8 September 2020
400 metres hurdles 54.28 NU23R NR Tallinn, Estonia 10 July 2021
400 meters indoor 55.87 Bratislava, Slovakia 18 February 2018

References

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  1. ^ "Emma ZAPLETALOVÁ je novou členkou VŠC DUKLA Banská Bystrica | Dukla - Vojenské športové centrum". 4 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Emma ZAPLETALOVÁ | Profile". worldathletics.org.
  3. ^ "Skvelý úspech,Zapletalová je majsterkou Európy". 10 July 2021.
  4. ^ "God, I'm going to a psychologist. Therapy draws her to Tokyo - Athletics - Sports". 3 August 2020. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "Apart from Tóth, only she met the limit for the Olympics. A 21-year-old runner can be a big star - Denník N". 10 June 2021.
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