Jana Šikulová | |||||||||||||||
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Country represented | Czech Republic | ||||||||||||||
Born | Brno | 2 July 1988||||||||||||||
Residence | Brno | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||
Club | Sokol Brno I | ||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Stanislav Vyzina, Anita Vyzinová | ||||||||||||||
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Jana Šikulová (born 2 July 1988) is a Czech artistic gymnast. She is a multiple Czech national champion [1] and a 2006 European Championships silver medalist on uneven bars.
She also won or medalled in multiple world cup events. [2]
She was born in Brno. She started gymnastics aged six and reached the top of the Czech gymnastics despite having a vision impairment in her left eye. [3]
Šikulová followed the steps of fellow Brno gymnast Jana Komrsková, being nicknamed "Small Jana" to distinct her from Komrsková. [3]
Although being a top Czech gymnast for years, she did not make it into the olympic squad. Both in 2008 and 2012, she lost the internal Czech competition to Kristýna Pálešová.[ citation needed]
In August 2014, Šikulová graduated from the Faculty of Sports Studies of Masaryk University with a Master's degree. She wrote her diploma thesis about the Yurchenko vault. [4]
Jana Šikulová | |||||||||||||||
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Country represented | Czech Republic | ||||||||||||||
Born | Brno | 2 July 1988||||||||||||||
Residence | Brno | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||
Club | Sokol Brno I | ||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Stanislav Vyzina, Anita Vyzinová | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jana Šikulová (born 2 July 1988) is a Czech artistic gymnast. She is a multiple Czech national champion [1] and a 2006 European Championships silver medalist on uneven bars.
She also won or medalled in multiple world cup events. [2]
She was born in Brno. She started gymnastics aged six and reached the top of the Czech gymnastics despite having a vision impairment in her left eye. [3]
Šikulová followed the steps of fellow Brno gymnast Jana Komrsková, being nicknamed "Small Jana" to distinct her from Komrsková. [3]
Although being a top Czech gymnast for years, she did not make it into the olympic squad. Both in 2008 and 2012, she lost the internal Czech competition to Kristýna Pálešová.[ citation needed]
In August 2014, Šikulová graduated from the Faculty of Sports Studies of Masaryk University with a Master's degree. She wrote her diploma thesis about the Yurchenko vault. [4]