Daniela Ledecká (born 4 November 1996) is a Slovak athlete. She has won multiple national championship titles in the 400 metres hurdles. She competed in the 400 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]
 Ledecká in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 November 1996 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Sprint, Hurdles |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 400m 52.71 (2025) 400m hurdles 54.69 (2025) |
Biography
editLedecká competes as a member of VŠC Dukla Banská Bystrica.[2] She ran in the Slovak 4 x 400 metres relay team at the 2018 European Athletics Championships, in which they placed eighth overall.[3] She also competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the championships, held in Berlin.[4] In June 2019, she set a new personal best for the 400 m hurdles in Šamorín with a time of 56.79 seconds for the 400 metres hurdles.[5]
At the 2021 World Athletics Relays in Chorzów, Poland, she finished sixth in the 2 x 2 x 400 m relay with Patrik Dömötör.[6][7]
She ran at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, where she became the first Slovak women to compete in the 400 metres hurdles at the world championships.[8] Later that summer she competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Germany.[9] In August 2023, she finished fourth at the delayed 2021 World University Games in Chengdu, finishing in 56.71 seconds.[10]
She reached the semi-finals competing for Slovakia at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy in June 2024.[11][12]
She was a semi-finalist in the 400 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, finishing with the tenth fastest time of 53.39 seconds.[13][14] She took part in the 2025 Diamond League at the 2025 London Athletics Meet in July 2025.[15]
She was a semi-finalist in the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025.[16][17]
She was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland, running the 400 metres without advancing to the semi-finals.[18][19]
Personal life
editIn 2023, she appeared on Slovak television quiz show Riskuj! alongside her national teammate and friend Viktória Forster.[20]
References
edit- ↑ "Daniela Ledecká". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ↑ "Six Slovak athletes are heading to the Olympics in Paris, all of them from Dukla in Bystrica". bystricoviny.sk. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ↑ "Runner Souleiman breaks PTS record, Ledecká sets Slovak record, and Volko achieves performance of the year". Sita.sk. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ↑ Bogdanyi, Gabriel (28 April 2021). "Ledecká and Dömötör will enter previously unknown spheres, they will run an unconventional 2x relay (2 x 400 m) in Chorzów". Atletika.sk. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ↑ "2X2X400 METRES RELAY MIXED". World Athletics. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ↑ "Na štart už nejde so strachom. Ledecká chce prekonať hranicu 56 sekúnd". Sportnet. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ↑ "Ledecká postúpila do semifinále ME, Zapletalová medzi najhoršími". Sportnet. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ↑ "Ledeckej tesne ušla medaila: Mrzí ma to, dala som do toho všetko". Sportnet. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ↑ "Slovakia at the European Athletics Championships: nomination, athletes, results". Betarena.sk. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ↑ "Ledecká finished fourth in the 400 m semifinals and will not be in the final". Teraz.sk. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ↑ "Ledecká did not advance to the final: Slovak sprinter took 10th place at the World Championships in Nanjing +VIDEO". Netky.sk. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ↑ "Results - London Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 16 September 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
- ↑ "2025 World Championships in Tokyo: Nine athletes will definitely go to Japan, head coach Libor Charfreitag believes in two finals: I do not rule out that Emma will reach for a medal". atletika.sk. 30 August 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ↑ Marcinat, Juraj (9 March 2026). "SAZ has registered 10 athletes for the 2026 Indoor World Championships in Torun, with the limited-time runners Zapletalová and Gajanova, Čorejová, members and alternates of the 4×400 m relay team, and Dávid also having confirmed their participation". Atletika.sk. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 20 March 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ "Danka Ledecká and Viki Forster performed a true sporting feat in Riskuj!: Wow, how they support each other!". Joj.sk. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2025.