Pavla Hamáčková-Rybová (ˈpavla ˈɦamaːtʃkovaː ˈrɪbovaː) (born 20 May 1978 in Chomutov

Chomutov

Chomutov is a city in the Czech Republic, in the Ústí nad Labem Region.Chomutov has been a statutory town since 1 July 2006. It occupies an area of 29,26 km² and has 50 782 inhabitants , thereby making it the 20th largest town in the Czech Republic, the 4th largest in the Ústí nad Labem...

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Czech Republic

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 athlete who finished 11th place overall

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's Pole Vault

The Women's Pole Vault event at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium August 21 and August 24.-Medalists:-Schedule:*All times are Eastern European Time -Abbreviations:...

 in the final of the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

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 pole vault

Pole vault

Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...

 competition.

In 2001, she won the IAAF World Indoor Championships

2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 8th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Pavilhão Atlântico in Lisbon, Portugal from March 9 to March 11 2001. It was the first time the Championships had been held in Portugal...

 gold medal

Gold medal

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 after securing a new games record of 4.56 metres.

In 2005, she won bronze

Bronze medal

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 at the World Championships in Finland

2005 World Championships in Athletics - Women's pole vault

These are the official results of the Women's Pole Vault event at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, held on August 7 and August 12, 2005.-Medalists:-Schedule:*All times are Eastern European Time -Records:...

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Pavla Hamáčková married decathlete

Decathlon

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 Jiří Ryba

Jirí Ryba

Jiří Ryba is a Czech decathlete. His personal best result was 8339 points, achieved in May 2000 in Desenzano del Garda. Ryba is married to pole vaulter Pavla Hamáčková.-Achievements:-Football career:...

 in 2006. On 14 February 2007 she improved Czech record to 464 cm in Bydgoszcz, Poland

Poland

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, only to be overcome just two hours later by Kateřina Baďurová

Katerina Badurová

Kateřina Baďurová is a Czech former pole vaulter.She finished twelfth at the 2004 Olympic Games. She also competed at the 2004 World Indoor Championships and the European Championships in 2002 and 2006 without reaching the finals.Her boyfriend is the Czech high jumper, Tomáš Janků.Her best...

's 465 cm in Prague

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, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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