Lenka Valešová (née Ledvinová; born 11 August 1985) is šováa 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 +90kg category, with a lift of 96 kg. She fell to fifth place at the 2011 national championships. She returned her focus to athletics and won a fifth hammer throw title at the 2020 Czech Athletics Championships.
Competition record
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
References
External links
1985 births
Living people
People from Domažlice
Sportspeople from the Plzeň Region
Czech female hammer throwers
Czech female weightlifters
Olympic female hammer throwers
Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for the Czech Republic Competitors at the 2009 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Czech Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Czech women