Jiřina Ptáčníková


Jiřina Ptáčníková is a Czech pole vaulter. She won the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki and the 2014 World Indoor Championships.

Biography

She is the daughter of the Czech sprinter :cs:František Ptáčník|František Ptáčník.
Ptáčníková achieved a personal best of 4.70 metres in Donetsk in 2012. This was a Czech record. She improved to 4.71 m in 2014, which was also a Czech record.
She also achieved outdoor personal best of 4.76 metres in Plzeň in September 2013.

Personal life

On 21 September 2012 she married the hurdler Petr Svoboda, however the couple divorced in 2014.

International competitions