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Pavla Rybová

Czech pole vaulter

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Pavla Rybová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpavla ˈrɪbovaː]; née Hamáčková; born 20 May 1978 in Chomutov) is a Czech pole vaulter.

She finished 11th place overall in the final of the 2004 Summer Olympics pole vault competition.

In 2001, she won the IAAF World Indoor Championships gold medal after securing a new games record of 4.56 metres.

In 2005, she won bronze at the World Championships in Finland.

Pavla Hamáčková married decathlete Jiří Ryba in 2006. On 14 February 2007 she improved Czech record to 464 cm in Bydgoszcz, Poland, only to be overcome just two hours later by Kateřina Baďurová's 465 cm in Prague, Czech Republic.

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