Danuse Zdenkova

Danuse Zdeňková (born 5 July 1976) is a Czech martial artist.

Early life

Zdeňková was born in Šumperk, Czech Republic. She started her Judo career at the Olympic Training Centre at the Ministry of Interior at Hradec Králové under National Team coach Pavel Petrikov.^[1]

Career

Zdeňková represented the Czech Republic at the international level as a junior at -63 kg. She was a regular World Championship and European Championships contestant. In 2003 she was named Judoka of the Year.^[2] In the spring of 2004, she tried the sport Sambo, which is similar to judo. She regularly was victorious. She lost only one sambo fight by penalization.

In 2004, she became the coach of Czech's National Team for two years. In 2005, she became Vice President of Czech's Sambo Federation. Under her guidance, the Czech National Team was the most successful in its history.

Her results included:

• 3rd place World Championships in Sambo, 2004 in Chisinau, Moldova^[3]
• 1st place European Championships in Sambo, 2005, Moscow, Russia
• 2nd place European Championships in Kurash, 2005, Thessaloniki, Greece

Coaching successes

• 1 x 3rd place, 2 x 7th place World Championships in Sambo 2004 Chisinau, Moldova
• 1 x 1st place, 1 x 3rd place, 1 x 5th place World Junior Championships in Sambo, 2004 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• 1 x 2nd place, 2 x 3rd place European Championships in Kurash, 2005, Thessaloniki, Greece
• 3 x 1st place, 3 x 2nd place, Holand Open in Sambo2005 Ommen, Netherlands
• 1 x 2nd place, 1 x 3rd place, Madrid Open 2005 Spain

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Recognition

• Czech National Team Coach 2004 and 2005
• Multiple National Champion of the Czech Republic in sport of Judo and Sambo

References