Iveta Vacenovská
| Iveta Vacenovská | |
|---|---|
 Vacenovská in 2016 | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Iveta Vacenovská |
| Nationality |  Czech Republic |
| Residence | Linz, Austria |
| Born | 22 March 1986 Hodonín, Czechoslovakia |
Table tennis career | |
| Playing style | Shakehand |
| Equipment(s) | Butterfly |
| Highest ranking | 29 (December 2012)[1] |
| Club | Linz AG Froschberg |
Iveta Vacenovská (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɪvɛta ˈvatsɛnofskaː]; born 22 March 1986) is a Czech Table tennis player. She resides in Linz, Austria and plays for Linz AG Froschberg.[2]
Based on her world ranking in May 2011, she qualified directly for the London 2012 Olympic Games, where she reached the third round before losing to Wu Jiaduo of Germany.[3][4]
Life
Vacenovská began playing table tennis when she was six years old, because of her uncle, who is a table tennis coach. Besides being a professional athlete, she is also a student at the Charles University in Prague in the Department of Sport and Physical Education, and enjoys all kinds of sporting activities.
Career records
- 2003 European Youth Champion Singles
- 2006 U21 Winner ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals
- 2009 3rd place Team European Championships
- 2009 Champions League Winner with Linz AG Froschberg
- 2005, 2007, 2011 Winner Stadtmeisterschaften Singles
- 2015 bronze medal in the 2015 European Games in table tennis.
References
- ^ http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Siniors=1&Player_ID=109680 ITTF World Ranking (accessed November 1, 2011).
- ^ http://www.froschberg.at/site09/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66&Itemid=68 Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine Linz AG Froschberg (accessed November 1, 2011).
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Players qualified for the 2012 London Olympic Games (accessed November 1, 2011). - ^ "singles women results - Table Tennis - London 2012 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2016-02-11.