Gabriela Svobodová
Gabriela Svobodová 
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| Full name | Gabriela Svobodová-Sekajová | ||||||||||||
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 Czechoslovakia
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| birthday | February 27, 1953 | ||||||||||||
| place of birth | Kremnica , Banskobystrický kraj | ||||||||||||
| size | 163 cm | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg | ||||||||||||
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| society | Ruda Hvezda i ZKL Brno | ||||||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||||||
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Gabriela Svobodová-Sekajová (born February 27, 1953 in Kremnica , Banskobystrický kraj ) is a former cross-country skier who started for Czechoslovakia .
Svobodová first appeared internationally in 1974 when she won bronze at the Nordic World Ski Championships with her teammates Alena Bartošová , Miroslava Jaškovská and Blanka Paulů . In 1978 , 1982 and 1985 she also competed at the World Ski Championships. Her best result was 13th place over 10 kilometers in 1982. In the relay races, she reached fifth place twice (1982, 1985).
Svobodová took part in a total of three Winter Olympic Games - 1976 , 1980 , 1984 . Her greatest success was winning the silver medal in Sarajevo in 1984 in the relay competition with her colleagues Dagmar Švubová , Paulů and Květoslava Jeriová-Pecková . 13th place over 5 kilometers in 1976 in Innsbruck is her best place in an Olympic individual race.
After the 1985 World Cup, Svobodová resigned from competitive sports and worked as a teacher and trainer for cross-country skiing in Jablonec nad Nisou .
At the Czechoslovak Championships Svobodová won seven times with the relay (1976, 1978, 1980-1984) and once each over 5 km (1982) and over 20 km (1978).
Svobodová's daughter Gabriela Koukalová was active as a biathlete.
Web links
- Gabriela Svobodová in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Gabriela Svobodová in the Olympedia.org database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ski year 1976 on czech-ski.com, p. 80
- ↑ Skijahr 1978 on czech-ski.com, p 58, p 162
- ↑ Ski year 1979 on czech-ski.com, p. 28
- ↑ Ski year 1980 on czech-ski.com, p. 58
- ↑ Ski year 1981 on czech-ski.com, p. 51
- ↑ Ski year 1982 on czech-ski.com, p. 110
- ↑ Ski year 1983 on czech-ski.com, p. 50, p. 99
- ↑ Ski year 1984 on czech-ski.com, p. 54, p. 92
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| SURNAME | Svobodová, Gabriela |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Svobodová-Sekajová, Gabriela (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czechoslovak cross-country skier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kremnica , Banskobystrický kraj |