Jana Klusáčková, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Czech swimmer
Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1977
Place of Birth: Pardubice, Pardubice Region, Czech Republic
Profession: swimmer
Nationality: Czech Republic
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Jana Klusáčková
- Jana Klusácková (née Myšková) (born October 29, 1977) is a Czech former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.
- She is a two-time Olympian and a multiple-time Czech champion and record holder for the freestyle events (50, 100, and 200 m).
- Klusackova also won a bronze medal in the 100 m freestyle at the 2005 Summer Universiade in Izmir, Turkey, in an outstanding time of 56.40 seconds.Klusackova made her first Czech team, as a 26-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, competing in both the individual and relay freestyle events.
- She also participated in the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, along with fellow swimmers Sandra Kazíková, Petra Klosová, and Ilona Hlavácková.
- Swimming the lead-off leg, Klusackova recorded a split of 56.02 seconds, and the Czech team continued to finish heat one in seventh place, and thirteenth overall, for a total time of 3:46.83.
- On the third day of the competition, Klusackova won the second heat of the 200 m freestyle by two hundredths of a second (0.02) ahead of Macedonia's Vesna Stojanovska, with a time of 2:04.62.
- In the 100 m freestyle, Klusackova edged out Xu Yanwei of China by seven hundredths of a second (0.07) on the seventh heat, with a time of 56.59 seconds.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Klusackova qualified for the second time in the women's 100 m freestyle, by breaking a new Czech record and clearing a FINA B-cut of 55.41 from the national championships in Prague.
- She challenged seven other swimmers in the fifth heat, including top favorites Cate Campbell of Australia, Francesca Halsall of Great Britain, and Aliaksandra Herasimenia of Belarus.
- She came only in last place by 0.69 of a second behind Netherlands' Inge Dekker, lowering her time to 55.92 seconds.
- Klusackova, however, failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-first out of 69 swimmers in the evening preliminaries.
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