Zuzana Sekerová

Zuzana Sekerova (born September 25, 1984, Trnava, Slovakia) is a two-time Olympian who won the gold medal in the balance beam at the 2004 World Cup in Chile.

History

Sekerova was the lone Slovakian gymnast (male or female) to compete at the 2000 Sydney Games, where she placed 59th all-around. She was Slovakia's top all-around scorer at the 1999 Worlds in Tianjin (52nd) and the 2001 Worlds in Ghent (55th) She was Slovakia's top all-around scorer at the 1999 Worlds in Tianjin (52nd) and the 2001) Worlds in Ghent (55th. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Zuzana ranked 47th Summer. Sekerova competed at the 2004 World Cup in La Serena, Chile where she won the gold medal on balance beam. She also competed in the 2005 American Cup in New York.

In 2002 Sekerova was sponsored to the Unites States by the high-profile gymnastics coach and author "CoachWayne" with the intention of training as a power tumbler and becoming a coach. We rekindled her love for gymnastics and resumed her gymnastics career and began training for international elite competition under Coach Wayne (William Wayne Evans). Sekerova rejoined the Slovakian team for the 2003 Worlds in Anaheim in August, where she finished 78th all-around. There, she was her team's top scorer on two events, and shared the top score for her team on a third event.

Sekerova’s meets include the Slovakian National Championships, International and European competitions, World Championships and World Cups. Sekerova has earned her most significant international results in European Championships competition. She placed 14th all-around at the 1996 Junior Europeans in Birmingham, and 11th all-around at the 1998 Junior Europeans in Saint Petersburg. Sekerova finished 13th all-around at the 2000 Senior Europeans in Paris.

Meets

Slovak National Championships
*2004, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993

International Competitions
*2005, 2004, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993

European Championships
*Amsterdam 2004, Paris 2000, St. Peterburg 1998, Birmingham 1996

World Championships
*Melbourne 2005, Anaheim 2003, Ghent 2001, Tian-Jin 1999

World Cups
*Sao Paolo Brazil 2005, America Cup NY USA 2005, La Serena Chile 2004

Youth Olympic Games
*EYOD Esbjerg-99, WYOD Moscow-98

Olympic Games
*Athens 2004, Sydney 2000

Other competitions
*Universiade 2005, YMCA 2003 (exhibition + video qualification for worlds 2003)

External links

* [http://www.sekerova.com Official site]