Dana Velďáková (born 3 June 1981 in

Rožňava Rožňava (, , Latin: ''Rosnavia'') is a town in Slovakia, approximately by road from Košice in the Košice Region, and has a population of 19,182. The town is an economic and tourist centre of the Gemer. Rožňava is now a popular tourist attr ...

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) is a former Slovak athlete specialising in the

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

. A very regular jumper, qualifying for the final at almost every major competition, her biggest senior successes are two bronze medals at the

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, in 2009 and 2011, and the silver at the

2007 Summer Universiade The 2007 Summer Universiade officially known as the XXIV Summer Universiade and commonly known as Bangkok Universiade, was an international multi-sport for university athletes that took place from 8 to 18 August 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand, with pr ...

. Her personal bests in the event are 14.51 metres outdoors, achieved in May 2008 in

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, and 14.40 metres indoors achieved in March 2009 in Turin. Both are current

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. She has a twin sister named Jana, who is a long jumper.

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Dana Velďáková
at the Rio.Olympic.sk {{DEFAULTSORT:Veldakova, Dana 1981 births Living people Slovak female triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Slovakia Slovak twins Sportspeople from Rožňava World Athletics Championships athletes for Slovakia European Games gold medalists for Slovakia Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in athletics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Slovakia Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade