Iveta Putalová

Iveta Putalová (born 24 March 1988 in Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. She represented her country at the European Athletics Championships in 2014 and the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 2015. Her personal best of 52.84 seconds is the Slovak indoor record for the 400 m.

Iveta Putalová

Iveta Putalová in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1988-03-24) 24 March 1988 (age 36) Bratislava,[1] Czechoslovakia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 m
Coached by	Marcel Lopuchovský[3]
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Slovakia European Games 2015 Baku Mixed team

Career

Her first international podium came at the 2010 European Team Championships, where she was third in the 4×400 metres relay in the Second League of the competition.^[4] She then came to prominence individually at the 2014 European Team Championships, taking second place in the 400 m behind Latvia's Gunta Latiševa-Čudare.^[5] She is a member of the Sokol Kolín Czech athletics club.^[6]

She was the Slovak champion in the 200 metres both indoors and outdoors in 2014. She ran a personal best of 24.12 seconds for the 200 m that same year.^[7] She began to make progress in the 400 m, setting a best of 53.25 seconds while running in the heats of the 2014 European Athletics Championships.^[8] She was also part of the Slovak relay team at that championships.^[9]

Her international breakthrough came at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships where she improved round on round: she began with a Slovak national record of 53.28 seconds in the heats, then 52.99 seconds in the semi-finals and lastly a time of 52.84 to take fourth place in the final.^[10][11][12]

Personal bests

• 400 metres – 52.18 (2015)
• 400 metres indoor – 52.62 (2018)

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2010	European Team Championships (2nd league)	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	4 × 400 m relay
2014	European Team Championships (2nd league)	Riga, Latvia	2nd	400 m	53.82
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	19th (h)	400 m	53.25
			14th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:39.55
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	4th	400 m	52.84 NR
	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	5th	400 m	52.18
			5th	4 × 100 m relay	46.01
	World Championships	Beijing, China	36th (h)	400 m	52.52
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	6th	400 m	54.39
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	23rd (sf)	400 m	54.04
			10th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.66
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	41st (h)	400 m	52.82
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	9th (sf)	400 m	53.14
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	15th (sf)	400 m	53.46
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	23rd (h)	400 m	53.21
			8th	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.22
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	35th (h)	400 m	54.19
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	34th (h)	400 m	53.69

References

1. "Atlétka IVETA PUTALOVÁ: Pri legendárnom Christiem porušila svoje zvyky". 21 January 2017.
2. EAA profile
3. "2. deň HMS v Portlande" [Day 2 of HMS in Portland] (in Slovak). 2016-03-20. Archived from the original on 2020-05-20. Retrieved 2024-08-05. Spokojný bol aj tréner Marcel Lopuchovský: nič nerieši, dokáže sa koncentrovať len na samotný beh. Má aj bolesti zubov, pomohol nám český masér, všetko vyšlo. Som spokojný. Plán, vrátane prípravy v Kalifornii, bol dobrý nápad." Iveta Putalová "Iveta je v dobrom slova zmysle nevyspytateľná, obsadila v 3.rozbehu postupové V behu na 60m slovák časom 6.80. [Coach Marcel Lopuchovský was also satisfied: he doesn't solve anything, he can only concentrate on the run itself. He also has a toothache, a Czech masseur helped us, everything worked out. I am satisfied. The plan, including the preparation in California, was a good idea." Iveta Putalová "Iveta is inscrutable in a good sense of the word, she won the 60m relay in the 3rd heat with a time of 6.80.]
4. 2010 European Team Championships Results Archived 2012-06-06 at the Wayback Machine. Sport Result. Retrieved on 2015-03-11.
5. 2014 European Team Championships Second League results Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-11.
6. Iveta Putalova. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-11.
7. European Athletics Championships Biographical Entry List - Women’s 400 Metres. European Athletics (2014). Retrieved on 2015-03-11.
8. 2014 European Athletics Championships Women's 400 metres heats. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-11.
9. 2014 European Athletics Championships Women's 4x400 relay heats. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-11.
10. 2015 European Indoor Championships Women's 400 metres heats. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-11.
11. 2015 European Indoor Championships Women's 400 metres semi-finals. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-11.
12. 2015 European Indoor Championships Women's 400 metres Finals. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-11.

External links

• Iveta Putalová at World Athletics
• Iveta Putalová at the Slovenský Olympijský Výbor (in Slovak)
• Iveta Putalová at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)