Hana Říčná

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Hana Říčná
Born (1968-12-20) 20 December 1968 (age 55)
Brno, Czechoslovakia
ResidenceCoventry, Rhode Island
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
GymZbrojovka Brno
Head coach(es)Radek and Drahomira Kriz
Eponymous skillsRicna (uneven bars)
Medal record
Representing  Czechoslovakia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1983 Budapest Beam
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Montreal Uneven Bars
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1985 Helsinki Beam
Friendship Games
Silver medal – second place 1984 Olomouc All-around
Silver medal – second place 1984 Olomouc Beam
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Olomouc Team

Hana Říčná (born 20 December 1968 in Brno) is a former artistic gymnast who represented Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing seventh in the team final and 29th in the all-around final.[1] She won two medals at the World Championships, a silver on beam in 1983[2] and a bronze on the uneven bars in 1985.[3] Hana competed in the Olomouc Friendship Games, held as an alternative to the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, which the Soviet Union and eight other socialist states boycotted, where she won a silver medal in the all around and on beam. She also won a silver medal on beam at the 1985 European Championships.[4]

Říčná is one of a few female gymnasts to have competed the Comaneci salto on uneven bars.[5]

Říčná moved to the United States in 1994 and is the head coach at Rise Gymnastics in Coventry, Rhode Island.[6] Her son, David Jessen,[7] is an elite gymnast who represented the Czech Republic at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[8]

Eponymous skill[edit]

Říčná has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points.[9]

Apparatus Name Description Difficulty[a]
Uneven bars Ricna Stalder to counter reversed straddled hecht over high bar E
  1. ^ Valid for the 2022-2024 Code of Points

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hana Říčná". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  2. ^ "1983 World Championships Women's EF". Gymn Forum. 2 February 2004. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  3. ^ "1985 World Championships Women's EF". Gymn Forum. 2 February 2004. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  4. ^ "1985 European Championships Women's EF". Gymn Forum. 21 November 1997. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Hana Ricna performs Comaneci salto (1985 Europe UB at 0:31)". YouTube. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Hana Ricna". Rise Gymnastics. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Hana Ricna (CSSR)". Gymn Forum. 25 August 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  8. ^ "The Leading Source of Gymnastics News".
  9. ^ "2022-2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. p. 89, 207. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
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