Lenka Mrzílková

Lenka Mrzílková (born 17 January 1988) is a Czech former sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) class.[1] Together with her partner and Athens 2004 silver medalist in the Europe class Lenka Šmídová, she was named one of the country's top sailors in the double-handed dinghy for the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing in seventh place.[2] A member of the yacht club in Neratovice, Mrzílková trained most of her competitive career under the tutelage of her personal coach and father Antonín Mrzílek.

Lenka Mrzílková
Personal information
Full nameLenka Mrzílková
Nationality Czech Republic
Born (1988-01-17) 17 January 1988
Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav, Czechoslovakia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Dinghy
ClubYC Neratovice
CoachAntonín Mrzílek

Mrzílková competed for the Czech sailing squad, as a crew member in the women's 470 class, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2] Building up to their Olympic selection, she and skipper Šmídová finished twenty-second to lock the last of five berths available at the class-associated Worlds nearly eight months earlier in Melbourne, Australia.[3] The Czech duo mounted a marvelous lead on the final leg of the series to confirm their spot in the double-point medal race, before they slipped out of contention to seventh overall with 83 net points.[4][5][6]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lenka Mrzílková". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. "Jachtařky Šmídová a Mrzílková měly před cestou do Pekingu potíže" [Yachtswomen Šmídová and Mrzílková got troubled before flying to Beijing]. www.idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 2 August 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  3. Willoughby, Ian (30 January 2008). "Athens silver medallist in yachting Šmídová reaches Beijing Olympics". www.idnes.cz. Radio Prague. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  4. "Australia Take Commanding Lead Into Women's 470 Medal Race". World Sailing. 16 August 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  5. "Šmídová stříbro neobhájila, jachtařky dojely sedmé" [Unable to defend her silver, Šmídová finished in seventh]. www.aktualne.cz (in Czech). Aktuálně.cz. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  6. "Beijing 2008: Women's 470 Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
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