| Kristyna Palesova | |
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 Palesova at the 2014 World Championships | |
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Country represented |
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Born |
February 22 1991 |
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Height |
5 ft. 2 in. |
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Years on National Team |
2004-present |
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Club |
T.J. Sokol Brno I. |
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Current status |
Active |
Kristyna Palesova (born February 22, 1991 in Ivancice) is a gymnast that represented the Czech Republic at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympic Games. Her best event is the uneven bars.
Competitive History[]
Palesova made her senior international debut at the 2007 European Championships with an impressive seventh place finish in the all-around. Since then, she has been known mostly around the World Cup circuit, mostly winning medals on the uneven bars, including gold in Ostava in 2007 and Maribor in 2011. She has represented the Czech Republic at the Olympics in Beijing and London, placing 21st in the all-around both times.
Palesova continued to compete after London, winning gold on uneven bars and bronze on floor exercise at the International Tournament Schiltigheim. She also won gold on bars and silver on beam at the Ostrava World Cup.
In 2013, she competed at the Ljubljana World Cup, winning gold on uneven bars again. She won silver on uneven bars at the Osijek World Cup in September. She was named one of two gymnasts to represent the Czech Republic at the World Championships, but missed the all-around and event finals.
She went on to compete at the International Tournament Schiltigheim in France, winning gold on bars, bronze on floor, and placing fifth in the all-around, seventh on beam, and ninth on vault.
Her first competition of 2014 was the Cottbus World Cup, but she did not make the event finals. She did make the bars and beam event finals at the Doha World Cup, winning gold in the former and placing sixth in the latter. She competed at a friendly meet against gymnasts from Austria, Poland, and Israel, winning all-aorund gold and team silver, and won gold on bars at the Korea Cup. In September, she competed in a friendly competition against Poland, winning team gold and all-around bronze. In October, she competed at the World Championships in Nanning, China, but did not qualify to the all-around or the individual event finals.
Medal Count[]
| Year | Event | TF | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2007 | Amsterdam European Championships | 7 | |||||
| Glasgow World Cup | 3rd | ||||||
| Ostrava World Cup | 1st | ||||||
| Maribor World Cup | 4 | 8 | |||||
| Cottbus World Cup | 2nd | ||||||
| Stuttgart World Championships | 20 | ||||||
| 2008 | Ostrava World Cup | 3rd | |||||
| Beijing Olympic Games | 21 | ||||||
| 2010 | Ostrava World Cup | 4 | |||||
| 2011 | Maribor World Cup | 1st | 4 | 6 | |||
| Ostrava World Cup | 3rd | ||||||
| Cottbus World Cup | 6 | ||||||
| 2012 | Ghent World Cup | 7 | |||||
| London Olympic Games | 21 | ||||||
| Ostrava World Cup | 1st | 2nd | |||||
| International Tournament Schiltigheim | 1st | 3rd | |||||
| 2013 | Ljubljana World Cup | 1st | |||||
| Osijek World Cup | 2nd | ||||||
| International Tournament Schiltigheim | 5 | 9 | 1st | 7 | 3rd | ||
| 2014 | Doha World Cup | 1st | 6 | ||||
| CZE-AUT-ISR-POL | 2nd | 1st | |||||
| Korea Cup | 1st | ||||||
| CZE-POL | 1st | 3rd |
Floor Music[]
2012 - "Hope" by Lionel Hun