Sandra Kazíková, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Olympic swimmer
Date of Birth: 13-Jul-1976
Place of Birth: Přerov, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic
Profession: swimmer
Nationality: Czech Republic
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Sandra Kazíková
- Sandra Kazíková (born 13 July 1976) is a Czech former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.
- She posted a long-course national record time of 25.99 seconds, by winning the 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Czech Winter Championships in Pardubice.
- Kazikova is also a member of the swimming team for Slavia VŠ Plzen, and is coached and trained by Ivana Felgrova. Kazikova made her first Czech team, as a 28-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she competed only in individual and relay freestyle events.
- She also joined with her fellow swimmers Jana Myšková, Petra Klosová, and Ilona Hlavácková for the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.
- Swimming the anchor leg, Kazikova recorded a split of 57.90 seconds, and the Czech team went on to finish heat one in seventh place and thirteenth overall, for a total time of 3:46.83.
- In the 50 m freestyle, Kazikova edged out third placer Triin Aljand by one hundredth of a second (0.01) in heat seven at 26.18 seconds.
- Finishing only in twenty-fifth place, Kazikova failed to qualify for the semifinals.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Kazikova qualified for the second time in the women's 50 m freestyle.
- She cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 25.93 seconds from the Czech Winter Championships in Prague.
- She challenged seven other swimmers in the eighth heat, including Bahamas' Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace, Jamaica's Natasha Moodie.
- Kazikova cruised to third place by 0.14 of a second behind Vanderpool-Wallace, with a time of 25.54 seconds.
- Kazikova, however, failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed twenty-ninth out of 92 swimmers in the preliminaries.
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