Zuzana Hejnová

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Zuzana Hejnová (Script error: No such module "IPA".; born 19 December 1986[1]) is a retired Czech athlete who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles. She won the silver medal in the event at the 2012 London Olympics. Hejnová is a two-time World Champion, having claimed titles at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships in Athletics. She won bronze at the 2012 European Championships and silver for the 400 metres at the 2017 European Indoor Championships.

At age 16, Hejnová earned the gold medal in her specialist event at the 2003 World Under-18 Championships to take a silver at the 2004 World U20 Championships. She also won bronze and gold at the 2003 and 2005 European U20 Championships respectively. She is a two-time Diamond League 400 m hurdles winner. Hejnová is the Czech record holder for the 400 m hurdles, and also holds national best in the 300 m hurdles. She is a four-time Czech outdoor champion (400 m, 400 m hurdles) and an eight-time national indoor champion (200 m, 400 m, pentathlon).

Her sister, Michaela, is also an Olympic athlete.[2]

Junior

In 2003, Zuzana Hejnová competed at the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics at Sherbrooke, Canada and won the gold medal in the 400-metre hurdles with a time of 57.54. A year later, she returned at Grosseto, Italy at the 2004 World Junior Championships. This time she won the silver with a time of 57.44 in the 400 m hurdles, defeated by the Russian, Ekaterina Kostetskaya, who won gold by a large margin at 55.55 seconds.

Her current personal bests are 14.11 in the 100 m achieved at Ostrava on 3 September 2005; 13.77 in the 100 metres hurdles at Stará Boleslav on 13 June 2003; 53.04 in the 400 m at Kladno on 28 June 2008; and 54.90 in the 400 m hurdles recorded at Monaco on 28 July 2009.

Career

2008

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Hejnová at the Josef Odložil Memorial in Prague in 2008

In early March 2008 Hejnová competed in the 400 metres at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships and reached the semi-finals but did not qualify to reach the final. She did however, reach the final with the Czech relay team in the 4 × 400 metres relay in a team which included her, Zuzana Bergrová, Denisa Ščerbová, and Jitka Bartoničková. They finished 4th, with a time of 3:34.53, but were over 5 seconds slower than the Americans who took bronze with a time of 3:29.30.

On 21 June 2008, she competed for the Czech Republic at the 2008 European Cup in Athletics.

Hejnová competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She qualified for the second round with the thirteenth fastest overall time of 55.91 seconds and for the final with 55.17. In the final she finished seventh with 54.97, only one hundredth behind her personal best at the time.

2011

She won the 400 metres hurdles at the European Team Championships with a new national record of 53.87 seconds.[3] On 8 July 2011 she improved her national record to 53.29 seconds.[4]

2012

At the 2012 London Olympics, Hejnová won originally the bronze medal for the women's 400 m hurdles, behind the winner, Russia's Natalya Antyukh, and Lashinda Demus of the United States.

In 2019, following a re-test of doping samples, Antyukh was disqualified with all her results 2013 onward deleted but her 2012 Olympic results were not affected.[5][6][7] In October 2022, Antyukh's results from 15 July 2012 on were retroactively voided. In December, it was announced that she had been stripped of her title and Demus would be upgraded to gold in her place, with Hejnová then second.[8]

2013

Hejnová won Diamond League races over 400 m Hurdles in Shanghai (53.79), Eugene (53.70), Oslo (53.60), Paris (53.23 NR), and London (53.07 NR). She also won races in Des Moines (54.41), Prague (54.55) and Ostrava (53.32). She secured maximum points for Czech Republic in the European Team Championships First League in Dublin by winning the 400 m in 51.90 seconds. On 15 August 2013 in Moscow, Hejnová became World Champion over 400 m hurdles with a new Czech record (52.83 NR).

2016

Despite winning her semi-final,[9] Hejnová came fourth in the 400-metre hurdles at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.[10]

She threatened to sue Czech Post for 1 million koruna over the use of her likeness on a stamp celebrating the 2016 Olympic Games.[11] The Court of Appeal found in favour of Hejnová, leading to Czech Post paying her an undisclosed settlement.[12]

After the Olympic Games, Hejnová switched to the German coach Falk Balzer.[13]

2017

In 2017, Hejnová won the silver medal in the 400 meters at the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade with a time of 52.42 seconds, finishing second behind the French athlete Floria Gueï. After the 2017 indoor season, Balzer ended their collaboration and she switched to Dana Jandová.[14]

Achievements

All information from World Athletics profile.[1]

International competitions

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Hejnová at the Anniversary Games meet in London in 2013
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Hejnová races 400 m hurdles at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London
2002 World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 5th 400 m hurdles 58.42
2003 World Youth Championships Sherbrooke, Canada 1st 400 m hurdles 57.54
European Junior Championships Tampere, Finland 3rd 400 m hurdles 58.30
8th 4 × 400 m relay 3:44.55
2004 World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 2nd 400 m hurdles 57.44
9th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:37.89
2005 European Junior Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 1st 400 m hurdles 55.89
– 4 × 400 m relay DNF
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 22nd (sf) 400 m hurdles 57.29
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 13th (sf) 400 m hurdles 56.39
10th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:34.47
2007 European U23 Championships Debrecen, Hungary 3rd 400 m hurdles 55.93
World Championships Osaka, Japan 13th (sf) 400 m hurdles 55.04
2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 7th 400 m 53.16
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:34.53
Olympic Games Beijing, China 7th 400 m hurdles 54.97
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 11th (sf) 400 m hurdles 54.99
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 12th (h) 400 m 53.56
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.05
European Championships Barcelona, Spain 4th 400 m hurdles 54.30
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 3rd 400 m hurdles 54.49
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.02
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 2nd 400 m hurdles 53.38
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.77
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 4th 400 m 52.12
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.49
World Championships Moscow, Russia 1st 400 m hurdles 52.83
11th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.48
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 15th (h) 800 m 2:05.34
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:32.08
World Championships Beijing, China 1st 400 m hurdles 53.50
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4th 400 m hurdles 53.92
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 2nd 400 m 52.42
World Championships London, United Kingdom 4th 400 m hurdles 54.20
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 13th (sf) 400 m hurdles 56.03
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 5th 400 m hurdles 54.23

Circuit wins and titles

400 metres hurdles wins, other events specified in parentheses

National titles

References

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Awards
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