Anna Pichrtová
Anna Pichrtová (born Trenčín, Czechoslovakia, May 19 1973) is a professional long distance runner.[1] She finished 28th in the Women's marathon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, won the Mount Washington Hill Climb in New Hampshire six times,[2] the Mount Kinabalu Climbathon in Malaysia five times,[1] and in 2006 won the European Mountain Running Championpionships in Malé Svatoňovice,[1] the Grand Prix,[1] and the Cinq 4000s at Sierre-Zinal in Switzerland.[3] In 2007 she won the 23rd World Mountain Running Trophy.[4]
In late 2006 she was injured in a van accident while travelling to an event in Nigeria and suffered fractures to one arm and both clavicles. After months of physiotherapy she returned to racing in June 2007.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d La Sportiva Team bio, Mountainrunningteam.com
- ^ "Eric Blake from Connecticut and Anna Pichrtova from the Czech Republic triumphant at Mount Washington in 2006", John Stifler, Cool Running, June 17 2007
- ^ "Sierre-Zinal - classement", official website
- ^ "De Gasperi and Pichrtova triumph - World Mountain Running Trophy", Danny Hughes, IAAF, September 15, 2007
- ^ "Pichrtova completes her long uphill climb", John Stifler, Concord Monitor, June 17 2007
External links
- "Athlete Training Tip - Anna Pichrtova", Mountainrunning.com
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