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My Take
Šárka Kašpárková is a story of nerve, and I am completely won over. Born in 1971 in Karviná, Czech Republic, she first went to the 1992 Olympics as a high jumper, then boldly switched to the triple jump once it gained championship status and took bronze at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Reinventing yourself in a new discipline and climbing all the way to an Olympic medal demands a rare kind of courage. Honored with a Masaryk University gold medal and beloved in Brno, she is the embodiment of the athlete who refuses to fear change. That spirit is exactly what I admire most.
Overview
Šárka Kašpárková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈʃaːrka ˈkaʃpaːrkovaː], born 20 May 1971) is a Czech former track and field athlete who specialised in the triple jump. She attended her first Summer Olympics in 1992, participating in the high jump. She switched to the triple jump when it was given world championships status and won an Olympic bronze medal in the discipline at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Šárka Kašpárková
- Name (Japanese)
- サルカ・カスパルコワ
- Reading
- さるか・かすぱるこわ
- Born
- May 20, 1971 (age 55)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Boar
- Origin
- Karviná, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 185 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player / athletics competitor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Masaryk University
Awards & achievements
- 2005 City of Brno Award
- 2014 Masaryk University Gold Medal
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Basketball player — see all → · Athletics competitor — see all → · More people from Czech Republic →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.