Kateřina Baďurová

Czech pole vaulter and coach

Kateřina Baďurová

Kateřina Baďurová and her silver medal from the 2007 World Championships

Personal information

Nationality

Czech

Born

(1982-12-18) 18 December 1982 (age 41)
Ostrava, Czechoslovakia

Height

1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

Weight

55 kg (121 lb)

Sport

Country

Czech Republic

Sport

Athletics

Event

Pole vault

Club

TJ Dukla Praha

Coached by

Boleslav Patera

Achievements and titles

Personal best

Pole vault: 4.75 m (2007)

Medal record

World Championships

	2007 Osaka	Pole vault

Kateřina Baďurová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkatɛr̝ɪna ˈbaɟurovaː]; born 18 December 1982 in Ostrava), also known as Kateřina Janků, is a Czech former pole vaulter.^[1]

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 best success came at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan, where she took silver for 4.75 m vault, setting new Czech national record.^[2] She took early retirement from the sport due to a serious rupture of the ligament in her left knee. After retirement, she planned to continue in the field of child physiotherapy.^[3]

Since 2010 she works as an athletic head coach.^[4]

Personal life

In 2010, Baďurová married Czech high jumper, Tomáš Janků.^[5] In 2007, Janků presented Baďurová with 465 roses at a press conference after she set a new national record in the pole vault of 465cm.^[6] The pair have two daughters Ellen (born 2012) and Nikolet (born 2014).^[7]

She won StarDance, the Czech version of Dancing with the Stars, in 2012.^[8]

References

^ Kateřina BAĎUROVÁ at World Athletics
^ Líbal, Karel (28 August 2007). "Tyčkařka Baďurová má stříbro!". iDNES.cz (in Czech). MAFRA, a. s. Retrieved 28 August 2007.
^ "Pole vaulter Katerina Badurova retiring". radio.cz. 30 April 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
^ "Vylepšit situaci v atletické Dukle má bývalá tyčkařka Kateřina Baďurová" (in Czech). sport.cz. 11 June 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
^ "Atletická svatba: Janků si vzal na zámku Baďurovou. Novomanžele fotil Saudek" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 11 September 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
^ "465 růží pro Katku Baďurovou!" (in Czech). 22 February 2007. Archived from the original on 3 February 2008.
^ "Kateřina Janků Baďurová porodila druhou holčičku. Jmenuje se Nikolet" (in Czech). maminka.cz. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
^ "StarDance vyhrála atletika, královnou je Kateřina Baďurová" (in Czech). revue.idnes.cz. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2015.