Jana Šikulová
| Jana Šikulová | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 2 July 1988 Brno | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Czech Republic | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Sokol Brno I | ||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Stanislav Vyzina, Anita Vyzinová | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jana Šikulová (born 2 July 1988) is a Czech artistic gymnast. She is a multiple Czech national champion[1] and a 2006 European Championships silver medalist on uneven bars.
She also won or medalled in multiple world cup events.[2]
Career
She was born in Brno. She started gymnastics aged six and reached the top of the Czech gymnastics despite having a vision impairment in her left eye.[3]
Šikulová followed the steps of fellow Brno gymnast Jana Komrsková, being nicknamed "Small Jana" to distinct her from Komrsková.[3]
In August 2014, Šikulová graduated from the Faculty of Sports Studies of Masaryk University with a Master's degree. She wrote her diploma thesis about the Yurchenko vault.[4]
References
- ^ "Šikulová, Jana". Interior Ministry of Czech Republic.
- ^ "Šikulová Jana". Czech Gymnastics Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-12-21. Retrieved 2014-11-19.
- ^ a b "Jana Sikulova : On the upswing". International Gymnast (August 2006).
- ^ "IG Online Interview: Jana Sikulova (Czech Republic)". International Gymnast.