Šárka is an old female given name of Bohemian origin. In the Czech Republic, it is the seventy-second most common female name. Šárka is also the name of a cliff on the north-western outskirts of Prague. The mythological heroine, Šárka, is said to have jumped from this cliff out of remorse for helping to lure Ctirad, a local hero, into a trap.
People bearing the name include:
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Šárka Cojocarová
Šárka Klemensová (born 16 January 1989 as Šárka Cojocarová) is a Czech model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Czech Miss Earth 2011.
Biography
Cojocarová was born in Svobodné Heřmanice. She graduated from high school in Ostrava ...
, Czech model
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Šárka Grossová
Šárka Grossová (born Bobysudová on 6 November 1969) is a Czech entrepreneur, whose husband Stanislav Gross was Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from August 2004 to April 2005. Her opaque business activities contributed to the resignation o ...
, Czech entrepreneur
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Šárka Kašpárková
Šárka Kašpárková (, born 20 May 1971) is a Czech former track and field athlete who specialised in the triple jump.
She attended her first Summer Olympics in 1992, participating in the high jump. She switched to the trip ...
, Czech athlete
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Šárka Křížková
Šárka Křížková (born 2 May 1990) is a Czech female badminton player.
Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series
''Women's Doubles''
: BWF International Challenge tournament
: BWF International Series tournament
: BWF Future Series ...
, Czech badminton player
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Šárka Nováková
Šárka Nováková (née Makówková; born 21 February 1971 in Zlín, Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
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, Czech high jumper
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Šárka Pančochová, Czech snowboarder
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Šárka Strachová
Šárka Strachová (, née Záhrobská ; born on 11 February 1985) is a retired Czech World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Benecko, she specializes in the slalom event. Strachová is the first alpine racer representing the Czech Republic to meda ...
, Czech alpine skier
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Šárka Sudová
Šárka Sudová (born January 23, 1986 in Jablonec nad Nisou) is a Czech freestyle skier, specializing in Moguls .
Sudová competed at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics for the Czech Republic. Her best finish came in 2010, when she placed 25t ...
, Czech skier
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Šárka Svobodná
Šárka Svobodná (born 1988) is a Czech orienteering competitor.
She received a silver medal in ''sprint'' and finished 8th in the ''middle distance'' at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Dubbo in 2007. , Czech orienteering competitor
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Šárka Ullrichová
Šárka Ullrichová (born 10 December 1974) is a Czech actress best known for her role as Zuzana Hrubá in ''Ulice''. She was born on December 10, 1974, in the town of Turnov in Czechoslovakia. Having graduated from the DAMU, she received a job ...
, Czech actress
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Šárka Vaňková
Šárka Vaňková (born 30 October 1987) is a Czech singer.
Biography
She was born in Chrudim and raised in Jirkov. She was a contestant on ''Česko hledá SuperStar'' (aka Pop Idol) in 2004. After finishing in second place with 621,235 votes, V ...
, Czech singer
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Šárka Vondrková
Šárka Vondrková (born 19 October 1976) is a Czech former ice dancer. With Lukáš Král, she is the 1997 Czech national champion. They placed ninth at the 1995 World Junior Championships in Budapest, 15th at the 1996 European Championships ...
, Czech ice dancer
Mythical characters
*Šárka, a mythical warrior-maiden of Bohemia, a character in ''
The Maidens' War
"The Maidens' War" ( cs, Dívčí válka) is a tale in Bohemian tradition about an uprising of women against men. According to legend, it took place sometime in the 8th century. It first appeared in the twelfth-century ''Chronica Boëmorum'' ...
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