Viktória Forster (born 8 April 2002) is a Slovak track and field athlete who competes internationally as a hurdler and a sprinter. She holds the Slovak women's record for 60 metres hurdles, 100 metres hurdles and 100 metres.
Biography Forster was born on 8 April 2002 in the village of Hronec, close to the town of Brezno. Originally, she competed in biathlon following the example of her mother, but switched to athletics at the age of 13. She studied at the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra but suspended her studies to focus on preparation for the 2024 Olympics. Her athletic idol is the Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.
Career At the indoors Slovak championships in Bratislava, Forster achieved a new Slovak women's record 60 meter hurdle run 8.03, beating the 8.04 time achieved by Miriam Bobková in 2008.
In early 2023, she achieved two Slovak women's records in 100 meters hurdle run, first at Nyíregyháza and later at Golden Spike Ostrava. Wanting to capitalize on her form, she competed solely in this discipline at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo. Nonetheless she failed to qualify for the semi-finals after tripping at the eight hurdle. At the 2023 P-T-S athletic meeting in Banská Bystrica she ran 100 meters in 11.26, beating the 11.29 national women's record achieved by Eva Glesková at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
At the 2021 Summer World University Games Forster won the 100 meters hurdle race with the time 12.72, making a new Slovak record, beating her own record of 12.82 from Golden Spike Ostrava. She also classified for the 2024 Summer Olympics by clearing the 12.77 threshold. Additionally, she finished second in 100 meters race with the time 11.34.
At the 2023 World Athletics Championships Forster struggled in 100 m hurdles, failing to advance to semi-finals with the time 13.47. Viktória Forster runs for VŠC Dukla Banská Bystrica.
Competition record Representing 2018Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires14h200 m24.862019European Youth Olympic Festival Baku6th100 m11.964th200 m24.472021World U20 Championships Nairobi6th100 m11.54200 mDNS 6th100 m hurdlesDQ in the finals2022World Indoor Championships Belgrade31st60 m7.3524th60 m hurdles8.22European Championships Munich23rd100 m11.7223rd100 m hurdles13.502023European Indoor Championships Istanbul32nd60 m7.5126th60 m hurdles8.24European U23 Championships Espoo22nd100 m hurdles13.697th4 × 100 m relay45.06World University Games Chengdu2nd100 m11.341st100 m hurdles12.72World Championships Budapest40th (h)100 m hurdles13.472024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom37th (h)60 m7.3514th (sf)60 m hurdles8.04European ChampionshipsRome, Italy16th (h)100 m 11.508th13.25Olympic GamesParis, France6th (h)11.447th (rep)12.882025European Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn, Netherlands22nd (sf)60 m7.2822nd (h)60 m hurdles8.11World Indoor ChampionshipsNanjing, China31st (h)60 m7.3931st (h)60 m hurdles8.26World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan39th (h)100 m11.4334th (h)100 m hurdles13.182026European ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom20th (h)100 m11.5123rd (sf)100 m hurdles13.4313th (h)4 × 100 m relay44.20
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Viktória Forster at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics