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Šárka Kašpárková
- Born
- May 20, 1971 (55 years old)
- Birthplace
- Karviná, Czech Republic
- Events
- Triple Jump · High Jump
- Height
- 1.85 m
- Weight
- 70 kg
Šárka Kašpárková is a Czech former track and field athlete who specialised in the triple jump. She attended her first Summer Olympics in 1992, participating in the high jump.
She switched to the triple jump when it was given world championships status and won an Olympic bronze medal in the discipline at the 1996 Atlanta Games. She won another bronze at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships and improved further by becoming the world champion at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics – her winning jump of 15.20 m was the second-farthest ever at the time.
She won both the indoor and outdoor silver medals at the European Athletics Championships. She won the bronze at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships with her personal best indoor jump of 14.87 m, but failed to reach the podium at any major championships after that point, suffering a sharp decline in form.
As of Oct 29, 2026: Triple Jump 15.20 (#10 all-time), High Jump 1.95 (#190 all-time), 2006 season best 13.82 (Jun 17, 2006, Stadion Rošický, Praha (CZE)) · Olympic Games: 1 bronze · World Championships: 1 gold · National record (Triple Jump) · 55 years old
Personal bests
WA points calculator →Medals
| Competitions | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| World Championships | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Total | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
Progression
| Season | Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | TJ | 13.82 | -0.2 | Jun 17, 2006 | Stadion Rošický, Praha (CZE) |
| 2005 | LJ | 6.40 | +1.0 | Sep 25, 2005 | Havirov (CZE) |
| 2005 | TJ | 14.25 | – | Feb 24, 2005 | – |
| 2005 | TJ Indoor | 14.34 | – | Mar 6, 2005 | European Indoor Championships, Palacio de Deportes, Madrid (i) |
| 2004 | TJ | 14.20 | – | Sep 5, 2004 | Pardubice (CZE) |
| 2003 | TJ | 14.10 | +1.4 | May 31, 2003 | Praha (CZE) |
| 2002 | TJ | 13.66 | – | Feb 10, 2002 | – |
| 2002 | TJ Indoor | 13.84 | +3.1 | Sep 8, 2002 | Bratislava (SVK) (i) |
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