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Eva Datinska

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Czech Republic
Athletics
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Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Cerebral Palsy
Origin of Impairment
Acquired
Classification
F37

Further personal information

Other names
Eva Berna
Residence
Prague, CZE
Occupation
Office Worker
Languages
Czech, English
Higher education
Sports Management - College of the Czech Sport Union: Prague, CZE

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
She took up athletics at age eight.
Why this sport?
She followed one of her friends into the sport.
Club / Team
Elite: Prague, CZE
Name of coach
Petr Vratil [personal], CZE; Rudolf Mastik [personal]

International debut

Year
2000
Competing for
Czech Republic
Location
Sydney, NSW, AUS

General interest

Hobbies
Swimming, tennis. (ozpprace.cz, 28 Mar 2019)
Memorable sporting achievement
Winning four bronze medals at the Paralympic Games. (Athlete, 02 Sep 2021)
Most influential person in career
Her parents, and her coaches. (Athlete, 23 Apr 2012)
Hero / Idol
Czech decathlete Roman Sebrle. (Athlete, 02 Sep 2021)
Injuries
She required an operation on her knee after a skiing accident in 2009. The injury kept her out of action for a year. (Athlete, 23 Apr 2012)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Never give up." (Athlete, 23 Apr 2012)
Awards and honours
She was named the 2013 Best Athlete with an Impairment by the TJ Nola Teplice club in the Czech Republic. (kr-ustecky.cz, 28 Mar 2014)
Impairment
She has partial paralysis on the right side of her body as a result of cerebral palsy. (aktualne.cz, 06 Sep 2016; evadatinska.cz, 16 Mar 2018)
Other information
FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied at Jan Amos Komensky University in Prague, Czech Republic. (Facebook profile, 22 Jun 2018)

Results

Unit Date Rank
Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games (Sydney, Australia)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's Shot Put F37 Final Round 9
Women's Javelin F37 Final Round 11
Women's Discus Throw F37 Final Round 13
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's Discus Throw F37/38 Final Round 10
Women's Shot Put F37/38 Final Round 3
Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's Javelin F35-38 Final Round 10
Women's Discus Throw F37 Final Round 4
Women's Shot Put F37/38 Final Round 3
IPC Athletics World Championships Villeneuve d'Ascq 2002 (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's Javelin F35-38 Final Round 12
Women's Discus Throw F37-38 Final Round 7
Women's Shot Put F37-38 Final Round 4
2011 IPC Athletics World Championships (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's Discus Throw F37 Final 2011-01-23 6
Women's Shot Put F37 Final 2011-01-24 4
Women's Javelin F37/38 Final 2011-01-26 9
London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's Shot Put F37 Final Round 2012-09-04 3
Women's Discus Throw F37 Final Round 2012-09-06 8
Women's Javelin F37/38 Final Round 2012-09-08 7
IPC Athletics World Championships (Lyon, France)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's Shot Put F37 Final 1 2013-07-22 2
Women's Discus Throw F37 Final 1 2013-07-26 6
IPC Athletics 2015 World Championships (Doha, Qatar)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's Shot Put F37 Final 1 2015-10-23 4
Women's Discus Throw F38 Final 1 2015-10-26 10
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's Javelin F37 Final Round 2016-09-10 6
Women's Shot Put F37 Final Round 2016-09-13 3
Women's Discus Throw F38 Final Round 2016-09-17 6
World Para Athletics Championships London 2017 (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's Shot Put F37 Final 1 2017-07-14 3
Women's Discus Throw F38 Final 1 2017-07-20 8