 Lucie Škrobáková (left) | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing Czech Republic | ||
| Women'sathletics | ||
| European Indoor Championships | ||
 | 2009 Turin | 60 m hurdles |
Lucie Škrobáková (Czech pronunciation:[ˈlutsɪjɛˈʃkrobaːkovaː]; born 4 January 1982) is a Czech athlete who competes in the60 metres hurdles and100 metres hurdles. She is the 2001 European junior bronze medallist, and took the silver medal at the2009 European Indoor Championships. Her personal best times are 12.73 seconds and 7.95 s in the 100 and 60 metres hurdles respectively.
Škrobáková was born inHodonín. As a junior athlete, she competed in the400 metre hurdles at the1999 World Youth Championships and the 100 metre hurdles at the2000 World Junior Championships, but failed to reach the final round in either event.[1] She then won the bronze medal at the2001 European Junior Championships in awind-assisted 13.30 s.[2] Her personal best time in 2001, her last year as a junior, was 13.52 s, achieved in July 2001 inJablonec nad Nisou.[1]
In 2002 Škrobáková recorded 8.28 s in the60 metre hurdles, in February, and 13.46 s in the 100 metre hurdles, in June. She competed at theEuropean Indoor Championships and theEuropean Championships, without reaching the final. In 2003, she lowered her personal best time to 13.15 s at a meet inBydgoszcz. Further improvements came in 2004, when she improved to 8.07 s and 13.08 s in the 60 and 100 metre hurdles. She competed at theWorld Indoor Championships as well as theOlympic Games, but again she failed to progress past the first round. She did reach the semi-final at the2005 European Indoor Championships, and during the summer of 2005 she improved her personal best slightly, recording 13.07 s in June inPrague.[1]
Over the next three seasons, she was consistent in the 60 metre hurdles, but struggled in the 100 metre distance. She recorded 13.27 s in 2006 and 13.46 s in 2007, competing without success at the2006 European Championships.[1] However, in 2008 she managed to set a new national record,[3] with 12.93 s in July inTábor. She also competed at the2008 Olympic Games.[1] In 2009, she competed at the2009 European Indoor Championships.[1] After 8.07 in the heats and 8.05 s in the semi-final, she took the silver medal, behindEline Berings but ahead of reigning championDerval O'Rourke andChristina Vukicevic. Her time of 7.95 s was a new national indoor record.[1] Škrobáková improved her national record in the 100 metre hurdles with 12.73 s in July 2009 inKladno (at that moment her time ranked 4th among world hurdlers for 2009 season).[4]
Born with the name Škrobáková, she married and for some years bore the last name Martincová. After divorcing, she reverted to her birth name.[5]
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