Běla Hlaváčková

Běla Hlaváčková

Personal information
Born	18 April 1976 Náchod CZ
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record Representing Czech Republic Swimming Paralympic Games 2004 Athens 50m backstroke S5 2008 Beijing 50m backstroke S5 2008 Beijing 100m breaststroke SB4 2008 Beijing 50m freestyle 2008 Beijing 100m freestyle IPC World Championships 2010 Eindhoven 50m freestyle S5 2010 Eindhoven 50m backstroke S5 2015 Glasgow 50m backstroke S5 2010 Eindhoven 100m breaststroke SB4 IPC European Championships 2009 Reykjavik 100 m breaststroke SB4 2009 Reykjavik 100 m freestyle S5 2009 Reykjavik 50 m freestyle S5

Běla Hlaváčková (born 18 April 1976) is a Czech Paralympic swimmer. She has competed in two Summer Paralympics winning a total of five medals, including gold in the 50m freestyle at both Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008.

Career history

Hlaváčková was born in 1976 in Náchod which is now in the Czech Republic and took to swimming from the age of 9. In 1999 she had to undergo spinal surgery, but she never fully recovered. She now has to use a wheelchair. She married the same year.

in 2001 she won a gold, silver and two bronze medals at the European championships in the S5 category. In the world championships in Argentina she took a bronze medal in the 50m freestyle as well as establishing a world record time for the 50 metre backstroke. For this she received a gold medal.

Hlaváčková has a son.