Lenka Valešová (née Ledvinová; born 11 August 1985) is a Czech hammer thrower. She has represented the Czech Republic at the Summer Olympics, World Athletics Championships, European Athletics Championships and twice at the Summer Universiade.
Biography Valešová was born on 11 August 1985 in Domažlice.
Career She finished sixth at the 2004 World Junior Championships and won the silver medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade. She also competed at the 2002 European Championships, the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.
Ledvinová improved the Czech national record three times. Her personal best throw is 70.51 metres, achieved in May 2009 in Sušice. She was selected to represent her country at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, and competed in qualifying only.
She switched sports to Olympic weightlifting in 2010 and won the national championship and set a national record in the clean and jerk for +90 kg category, with a lift of 96 kg. She fell to fifth place at the 2011 national championships.Hodnocení mistrovství ČR mužů, žen a do 23 let 2011. vzpirani. Retrieved 2023-08-15. She returned her focus to athletics and won a fifth hammer throw title at the 2020 Czech Athletics Championships.
Competition record 2002World Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica15th (q)55.50 mEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany43rd (q)47.65 m2004World Junior ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy6th60.18 m2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden32nd (q)60.85 m2007European U23 ChampionshipsDebrecen, Hungary 2nd67.63 mWorld ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan21st (q)66.57 mUniversiadeBangkok, Thailand 3rd66.41 m2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China26th (q)67.17 m2009UniversiadeBelgrade, Serbia11th65.53 mWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany36th (q)62.92 m2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain20th (q)60.74 m
National titles Czech Athletics Championships Hammer throw: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2020
See also List of Universiade medalists in athletics (women) List of Czech Athletics Championships winners Czech Republic at the 2008 Summer Olympics Czech Republic at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics Czech Republic at the 2010 European Athletics Championships
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