Miroslava Sedláčková (born 19 May 1977) is a retired

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Paralympic athlete and para cross-country skier. She has competed in four

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: she took part in the

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and

2002 Winter Paralympics The 2002 Winter Paralympics, the eighth Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, from 7 to 16 March 2002. A total of 416 athletes from 36 nations participated. They were the first Winter Paralympics in the Ameri ...

in the cross-country skiing at the Paralympics and

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and

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Sum ...

in athletics at the Paralympics. In 2015, Sedláčková fell and broke her arm which developed into

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then she retired from sport. After retirement, she has become a

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