Markéta Sluková
Markéta Sluková | |
2012 during an autograph session | |
portrait | |
---|---|
birthday | June 28, 1988 |
place of birth | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
size | 1.82 m |
Partner | 2006–2015 Kristýna Kolocová since 2015 Barbora Hermannová |
World ranking | position 1 |
successes | |
2005 - European Champion U18 2009 - Vice European Champion U23 2010 - European Champion U23 2012 - Olympic Fifth 2014 - Winner FIVB Open Prague 2014 - Winner FIVB Grand Slam Berlin 2014 - Third FIVB Grand Slam Gstaad 2014 - Fourth FIVB Grand Slam Den Haag 2015 - Winner FIVB Open Antalya 2016 - Vice European Champion 2016 - Olympic Participant 2017 - Second FIVB Major Poreč 2017 - Fifth FIVB WTF Hamburg 2018 - Winner FIVB 4-Star Ostrava 2018 - Third European Championship 2018 - Winner FIVB 5-Star Vienna |
|
(As of August 6, 2018) |
Markéta Sluková (born June 28, 1988 in Prague ) is a Czech beach volleyball player .
Career
Sluková finished fourth with Veronika Opravilová at the Youth World Cup in Saint-Quay-Portrieux . With her new partner Kristýna Kolocová , she was U18 European Champion in Illitschiwsk (Ukraine) in 2005 and fifth at the Junior World Championships in 2006 in Bermuda , 2007 in Modena and 2008 in Brighton . At the European Championships in Hamburg in 2008, the Czechs were initially defeated by the Germans Holtwick / Semmler in three sets and then eliminated by their compatriots Claasen / Röder . The next year they reached the final of the U23 European Championship in Jantarny and then retired at the European Championships in Sochi as the group bottom of the preliminary round.
In 2010 they established themselves among the world's best with several top ten results at grand slams and open tournaments. In Kos they won the U23 European Championship. At the 2011 World Cup , they came second in the group in the first main round, in which they had to admit defeat to the Brazilians Maria Clara / Carol . In August they started at the European Championships in Kristiansand , but did not get past the preliminary round. In 2012 they reached ninth place at the European Championships in Scheveningen . At the 2013 World Cup in Stare Jabłonki , Kolocová / Sluková reached the main round as group winners, where they were eliminated from Vanuatu's Elwin / Iatika .
Web links
- Profile at the world association FIVB (English)
- Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)
- Markéta Sluková in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
personal data | |
---|---|
SURNAME | Sluková, Markéta |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech beach volleyball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1988 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |