Miroslava "Mirka" Topinková Knapková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmɪroslava ˈknapkovaː], born 19 September 1980) is a Czech rower who competed in single scull.
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Knapková in 2008
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Full name | Miroslava Topinková Knapková | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Mirka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1980-09-19) 19 September 1980 (age 43) Brno | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Knapková was born in 1980 in Brno in Czechoslovakia (since 1993 in the Czech Republic). Her father is Miroslav Knapek.[1] At the 2011 World Rowing Championships, she became world champion in single scull at Lake Bled, Slovenia.[2] She was the winner in the same discipline at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] Between 2008 and 2015, she won the European Rowing Championships five times in this boat class.[2]
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