Šárka Kašpárková, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Šárka Kašpárková

Czech athlete

Date of Birth: 20-May-1971

Place of Birth: Karviná, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic

Profession: basketball player, athletics competitor

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Šárka Kašpárková (Czech pronunciation: ['?a?rka 'ka?pa?rkova?], born 20 May 1971 in Karviná, Czechoslovakia) is a former Czech 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.
She won another bronze at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships and improved further by becoming the world champion at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics – her winning jump of 15.20 m was the second-farthest ever at the time. She won both the indoor and outdoor silver medals at the European Athletics Championships.
She won the bronze at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships with her personal best indoor jump of 14.87 m, but failed to reach the podium at any major championships after that point, suffering a sharp decline in form.