Štepánka Kucerová

Štepánka Kucerová with marriage name Nádvorníková (18 February 1908 - 21 January 1999) was a Czechoslovak track and field athlete during the 1920s, the early era of women's athletics. She won a bronze medal at the second Women's World Games in 1926.

Štepánka Kucerová

Personal information
Born	(1908-02-18)18 February 1908
Died	21 January 1999(1999-01-21) (aged 90)
Sport
Country	Czechoslovakia
Sport	Track and field athletics
Event(s)	sprint, middle-distance, discus throw
Club	Achilles Brno (1925) AC Moravská Slavia Brno (from 1926)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing Czechoslovakia Women's World Games 1926 Gothenburg 4×110 y relay

Biography

Kucerová was born in 1908. She was a member of “Achilles Brno" in Brno in 1925 and of SK Moravská Slavia from 1926.

In 1926, she represented Czechoslovakia at the 1926 Women's World Games in Gothenburg. She won the bronze medal in the 4 × 110 yards relay together with Ludmila Sychrová, Zdena Smolová and Marie Vidláková. She finished fifth in the 1000 metres event.

She won the 1000 metres event at the 1926 Czechoslovakia–France–Yugoslavia women's athletics match in a new national record of 3:23.8. She represented her country also at other international competitions, including at the 1926 Stockholm international women's athletics meeting. She also competed at the 1930 Women's World Games.