Karolína Maňasová

Karolína Maňasová
Personal information
NationalityCzech
Born (2003-11-26) 26 November 2003
Nový Jičín, Czech Republic[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprint
ClubSSK Vítkovice[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests60m: 7.14 (Apeldoorn, 2025) NR
100m: 11.17 (Rome, 2024)

Karolína Maňasová (born 26 November 2003) is a Czech sprinter. She is the Czech national record holder in the 60 metres. She has competed at multiple major championships, including the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, where she competed in the 100 metres.[3]

Career

She is a member of SSK Vitkovice.[4] She won her first national title at the Czech Indoor Athletics Championships in the 60 metres, in February 2023.[5]

In January 2024, Manasova equalled the Czech 60m national record at the Jablonec Indoor Meeting, running 7.23 to equal the time set by Klára Seidlová in 2018.[6] She set a new Czech 60m record of 7.15 in Ostrava in February 2024, and retained her national title at that distance.[7][8] She competed at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow in March 2024, where she ran 7.27 seconds in her qualifying heat without progressing through to the semi-finals.[9]

She competed at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, where she reached the semi-finals. At the Championships she ran a 100 metres personal best of 11.17 seconds.[10] In June 2024, she became Czech champion in the same distance, running 11.24 in the final, and managed to run 11.21 in her heat to set a new Czech Athletics Championships record time.[11] She competed in the 100 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics, reaching the semi-finals.[12]

She retained her Czech national indoors 60m title in February 2025, running 7.17 seconds in Ostrava.[13] She was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn, Netherlands, qualifying for the semi-finals with a personal best and national indoor record time for the 60 metres of 7.14 seconds.[14][15]

References

  1. ^ "Karolína Maňasová". Olympijský tým (in Czech). Czech Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Rekordní Karolína Maňasová na Mistrovství Evropy". SSK Vítkovice (in Czech). 12 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Karolína Maňasová". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Kitaguchi and Gardiner set for Ostrava Golden Spike". World Athletics. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Czech Indoor Championships". World Athleticd. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  6. ^ Mills, Steven (21 January 2024). "Van Der Weken dashes to a national 60m record and world lead of 7.09 at home in Luxembourg". European Athletics. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Such a time? Incredibly! And now we're going to do crocodile training, laughs Maňasová". idnes.cz. February 17, 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Hellishly fast Maňasová. The time 7.15 is crazy, he says about the record and the limit at the World Championships". denik. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  9. ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  10. ^ Koubek, Michal (June 9, 2024). "Sprinter Maňasová on the way up. She is also driven by tattoos of Egyptian gods". idnes.cz. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Sobota ve Zlíně přinesla tři rekordy šampionátu". Atletika.cz (in Czech). Czech Athletics Federation. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Women's 100 Metres - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Czech Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  14. ^ "Defending medalists and promising debutants. The Czech nomination for the European Indoor Championships includes 26 athletes". Idnesit. 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  15. ^ "Staněk won the qualification at the European Indoor Championships, Maňasová ran a Czech record". Idnes. 9 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
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