Barbora Spotakova
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About
Champion javelin thrower who won Olympic gold medals in 2008 and 2012. She set a javelin-throwing world record at the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final with a distance of 72.28m.
Before Fame
She attended the University of Minnesota, where she was an All-American.
Trivia
She won the Czech Federation award for Athlete of the Year five consecutive years, from 2007 to 2011.
Family Life
She had her first child, a son, in 2013.
Associated With
She was coached by former Olympic javelin champion Jan Zelezny.
