Karolína Maňasová

Karolína Maňasová (born 26 November 2003) is a Czech sprinter. She is the Czech national record holder in the 60 metres. She has competed at multiple major championships, including the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, where she competed in the 100 metres.^[3]

Karolína Maňasová

Personal information
Nationality	Czech
Born	(2003-11-26) 26 November 2003 (age 21) Nový Jičín, Czech Republic[1]
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Club	SSK Vítkovice[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	60m: 7.14 (Apeldoorn, 2025) NR 100m: 11.17 (Rome, 2024)

Career

She is a member of SSK Vitkovice.^[4] She won her first national title at the Czech Indoor Athletics Championships in the 60 metres, in February 2023.^[5]

In January 2024, Manasova equalled the Czech 60m national record at the Jablonec Indoor Meeting, running 7.23 to equal the time set by Klára Seidlová in 2018.^[6] She set a new Czech 60m record of 7.15 in Ostrava in February 2024, and retained her national title at that distance.^[7][8] She competed at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow in March 2024, where she ran 7.27 seconds in her qualifying heat without progressing through to the semi-finals.^[9]

She competed at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, where she reached the semi-finals. At the Championships she ran a 100 metres personal best of 11.17 seconds.^[10] In June 2024, she became Czech champion in the same distance, running 11.24 in the final, and managed to run 11.21 in her heat to set a new Czech Athletics Championships record time.^[11] She competed in the 100 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics, reaching the semi-finals.^[12]

She retained her Czech national indoors 60m title in February 2025, running 7.17 seconds in Ostrava.^[13] She was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn, Netherlands, qualifying for the semi-finals with a personal best and national indoor record time for the 60 metres of 7.14 seconds.^[14][15]