Simona Vrzalová

Simona Vrzalová
nation	Czech Republic
birthday	7th April 1988 (age 32)
Career
discipline	Medium and long distance running
society	SSK Vítkovice
Trainer	Augustine Sulc
status	active
last change: August 9, 2020

Simona Vrzalová (born April 7, 1988 ) is a Czech athlete who competes in medium and long-distance running .

Athletic career

Simona Vrzalová was already active as a track and field athlete in adolescence, but has only concentrated on it intensively since 2016. In 2017 she qualified for the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade in the 1500 meter run , where she was eliminated with 4: 14.31 minutes in the lead. In the summer she also took part in the World Championships in London , but could not finish her preliminary run there. The following year she retired from the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham with 4: 14.11 min in the preliminary round and from the European Championships in Berlinshe took fifth place in the final in 4: 06.46 minutes. In 2019 she was sixth at the European Indoor Championships in Glasgow in 4: 12.16 minutes.

In 2016, 2017 and 2020 , Vrzalová was the Czech champion in the 5000-meter run outdoors, and in 2016 and 2020 also over 1500 meters and in 2018 she won the 800-meter run . In the hall she won over 3000 meters in 2017 and over 1500 meters in 2018 and 2019.

Top performances

• 800 meters: 2: 02.99 min, June 29, 2018 in Šamorín
  • 800 meters (hall): 2: 02.94 min, February 17, 2019 in Ostrava
• 1000 meters: 2: 38.20 min, August 18, 2018 in Birmingham
  • 1000 meters (hall): 2: 39.25 min, February 10, 2019 in Liévin ( Czech record )
• 1500 meters: 4: 04.80 min, June 13, 2018 in Ostrava
  • 1500 meters (hall): 4: 05.73 min, February 12, 2019 in Ostrava ( Czech record )
• Mile: 4: 21.54 min, July 22, 2018 in London ( Czech record )
• 3000 meters: 8: 58.30 min, August 29, 2017 in Rovereto
  • 3000 meters (hall): 8: 57.07 min, January 25, 2018 in Ostrava
• 5000 meters: 15: 40.92 min, June 3, 2016 in Carquefou

Web links

• Simona Vrzalová in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Profile at the Czech Athletics Federation