Ludmila Sychrová
Ludmila Sychrová with marriage name Hrazdírová (7 January 1904 - 15[1] or 19[2] March 1996) was a Czechoslovak track and field athlete during the 1920s, the early era of women's athletics. She was world record holder in the 80 metres hurdles and won a gold and bronze medal at the second Women's World Games in 1926.
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| Born | 7 January 1904 Bořitov, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 or 19 March 1996 (aged 92) Brno, Czech Republic | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Czechoslovakia Czech Republic | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | hurdling, sprint, long jump, discus throw | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | AC Moravská Slavia Brno | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
changeSychrová was born in 1904 in Bořitov and was a member of AC Moravská Slavia Brno.[2]
On 6 July 1926 she set her first (unofficial) world record in the 80 metres hurdles in Prague. On 1 July 1928 she improved twice her world recordin Prague first to 12.6 seconds and later to 12.2 seconds, that also became the world record.[3][2]
In 1926, she represented Czechoslovakia at the 1926 Women's World Games in Gothenburg. She won the gold medal in the 100 yards hurdles event ahead of British Edith White and Hilda Hatt.[4][5][6] She won the bronze medal in the 4 × 110 yards relay together with Zdena Smolová, Štepánka Kucerová and Marie Vidláková.[7][8]
She had also other international successes, including winning the 100 yards hurdles at the 1926 Stockholm international women's athletics meeting ahead of the French Geneviève Laloz.[9]
References
change- ↑ Ludmila Sychrová Hrazdírová
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Jak šla léta". mslavia.cz (in cz).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Ludmila Sychrova". brinkster.net.
- ↑ "De vrouwenspelen van Gothemburg" (in Dutch). Sportwereld. 31 August 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ↑ "De Spelen van Gothemburg | De tweede dag" (in Dutch). Sportwereld. 30 August 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ↑ "Les Jeux Internationaux de Gothembourg" (in French). Le Matin. 30 August 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ↑ "Les Jeux Mondiaux féminins de Gothebourg". La Dernière Heure (in French). 31 August 1926. p. 4.
- ↑ Svenska dagbladets Årsbok 1926 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Svenska Dagbladet. 1927. p. 217-218. Retrieved 13 June 2024 – via runeberg.org.
- ↑ "Bij de sportvrouwen | Te Stockholm" (in Dutch). Sportwereld. 3 September 1926. p. 3 – via uurl.kbr.be.