Anna Pichrtová is a professional

Professional

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 long distance runner. In 2004 she finished 28th in the Women's marathon at the Athens Olympics

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's Marathon

The Women's Marathon event at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place on August 22, 2004 in the streets of Athens, Greece. World record holder Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain started as favourite for the race, and led from the start. However, she was overtaken by Mizuki Noguchi, from Japan and...

, and the following year placed 27th at the World Championships in Helsinki

2005 World Championships in Athletics

The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland , the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983. One theme of the 2005 championships was paralympic sports, some of...

, as well as winning the inaugural edition of the Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race

Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race

The Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race is an annual 11.25 km mountain running competition that takes place in late November in Obudu, Cross River State, Nigeria. First held in 2005, it has the largest total prize-money available of any mountain race and is known as "the world's richest...

 in Nigeria

Nigeria

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. She has also won the Mount Washington

Mount Washington (New Hampshire)

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 Hill Climb in New Hampshire

New Hampshire

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 six times, the Mount Kinabalu

Mount Kinabalu

Mount Kinabalu is a prominent mountain on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. It is located in the East Malaysian state of Sabah and is protected as Kinabalu National Park, a World Heritage Site. Kinabalu is the tallest peak in Borneo's Crocker Range and is the tallest mountain in the Malay...

 Climbathon in Malaysia five times, and in 2006 was victorious at the European Mountain Running Championships

European Mountain Running Championships 2006

The 2006 European Mountain Running Championships were held in north-eastern Bohemia, Czech Republic, between 8 July and 9 July 2006. They were that year's area championships for mountain running, held by the European Athletic Association....

 in Malé Svatoňovice

Malé Svatonovice

Malé Svatoňovice is a village and municipality in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic at the bottom of Jestřebí hory, near the Krkonoše....

, the Grand Prix, and the Cinq 4000s at Sierre-Zinal in Switzerland

Switzerland

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 (four times 2006-2009). In 2007 she won the 23rd World Mountain Running Trophy.
She won two times WMRA World Long Distance Mountain Running Trophy in 2008 (Three peaks) and in 2009 (Soll-Kaisermarathon).

In late 2006 Pichrtová was injured in a van accident in Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

 while returning to the Obudu Ranch, and suffered fracture

Fracture

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s to one arm and both clavicle

Clavicle

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s. After months of physiotherapy she returned to racing in June 2007.

Anna is married from November 11, 2010 with Samuel Straka and her new name is Anna Strakova.

Achievements

Representing the
2002	European Championships 2002 European Championships in Athletics The 18th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 August to 11 August 2002 in the Olympic Stadium of Munich, Germany.-Track:1994 |1998 |2002 |2006 |2010 |...	Munich, Germany	11th	Marathon	2:37:39 2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's Marathon These are the official results of the Women's Marathon competition at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany. The race was held on August 10, 2002.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:*All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds-Records:...

External links

• "Athlete Training Tip - Anna Pichrtova", Mountainrunning.com