Lucia Hrivnák Klocová, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Lucia Hrivnák Klocová

Slovak runner

Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1983

Place of Birth: Martin, Slovak Socialist Republic, Slovakia

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: Slovakia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Lucia Hrivnák Klocová

  • Lucia Klocová (born November 20, 1983 in Martin) is a Slovak middle distance athlete, who specialises in the 800 metres and 1500 metres.
  • She represented Slovakia at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.
  • She has also reached the semi-finals of the World Championships in Athletics on five occasions. She was a highly successful junior athlete, winning the bronze medal at the 2000 World Junior Championships and then going on to become the 2001 European Junior Champion.
  • The following year she improved one place on the global stage, taking a silver medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships.
  • Stepping up an age level, she won the silver at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships. She set a personal best in the 800 m at the 2008 Meeting Gaz de France in Paris.
  • Her time of 1:58.51 was a step towards Gabriela Sedláková's Slovakian record of 1:58.37, but it was overshadowed by Pamela Jelimo's African record run.Klocová reached her first senior final at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, and she just missed out on a medal with a fourth-place finish in the women's 800 m.
  • She broke Andrea Sollarova's seventeen-year-old national record over 1500 metres at the Athletics Bridge meet in Dubnica later that year.
  • Her time of 4:08.86 was enough for second place behind Olympic finalist Anna Mishchenko, who set a meet record.
  • At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the 1500 m final, finishing in seventh place.She is coached by Pavel Slouka and her club is AK ZTS Martin, where she returned after 8 years spent in Slávia UK Bratislava.

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