Jarmila Nygrýnová-Strejčková (15 February 1953 – 5 January 1999) was a

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

er from the

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, representing

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. She won six medals at the European Athletics Indoor Championships as well as a bronze medal at the 1978 European Athletics Championships. She was born in

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. She was a three-time competitor at the Summer Olympics, entering the long jump in 1972, 1976 and 1980, and was part of the Czechoslovak team at the inaugural

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, finishing tenth in the long jump.Jarmila Nygrynova-Strejckova
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-01.

International competitions

References

* 1953 births 1999 deaths Sportspeople from Plzeň Athletes from the Plzeň Region Czech female long jumpers Czechoslovak female long jumpers Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Czechoslovakia Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Czechoslovakia FISU World University Games silver medalists for Czechoslovakia Medalists at the 1975 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade Czechoslovak Athletics Championships winners {{Czech-athletics-bio-stub