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Miriam Bobková

Miriam Bobková

Slovak hurdler

Miriam Bobková-Cupáková (born March 2, 1979, in Spišská Nová Ves) is a retired Slovak sprint hurdler.[1] At the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan, Bobková set both a national record and a personal best time of 13.04 seconds, by finishing seventh in the preliminary heats of the women's 100 hurdles.[2]

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Career

Bobkova represented Slovakia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women's 100 m hurdles. She ran in the first heat against seven other competitors, including Turkey's Nevin Yanıt and Poland's Aurelia Trywiańska-Kollasch. She finished the race in last place by twenty-six hundredths of a second (0.26) behind Belarus' Katsiaryna Paplauskaya, with a time of 13.65 seconds. Bobkova, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she placed thirty-seventh overall, and was ranked farther below two mandatory slots for the next round.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Miriam Bobková". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Event report: Women's 100m Hurdles – 1st Round". 2007 Osaka. IAAF. 27 August 2007. Archived from the original on 6 November 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Women's 100m Hurdles Round 1 – Heat 1". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.


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