Andrea Železná
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Andrea Drápalová 4 July 1993 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Javelin throw |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | Javelin: 60.88 (Gabarone, 2025) |
Andrea Železná (née Drápalová; born 4 July 1993) is a Czech javelin thrower. She has won the Czech Athletics Championships and competed at the European Athletics Championships. She is married to former javelin thrower Jan Železný.[1]
Career
She threw over 60 metres for the first time in Kladno in May 2024.[2][3] She made her major championships debut at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, where she threw 55.75 metres for eighteenth place.[4][3]
She set a new personal best throwing 60.88 metres at the Golden Grand Prix in Gaborone, Botswana, in April 2025.[5] She won the Czech Athletics Championships for the first time in August 2025.[6] She competed as part of the Czech team at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025, but did not advance to the final.[7][8]
Personal life
She is the wife of Czech former javelin thrower Jan Železný with the pair having married in Nymburk in 2019. They have one son. He has acted as her throwing coach.[3][9]
References
- ^ "Andrea Železná". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ^ "Kladno hází a Kladenské Memoriály". World Athletics. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ^ a b c "Železný's premiere, he led his wife at the championship. I really wanted it for her, the legend said". Sport.cz. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 18 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Monday morning brought four finals". Atletika.cz. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 18 Sep 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Continental Tour 2025: Letsile Tebogo and Akani Simbine shine in Gaborone sprint events". Olympics.com. 12 April 2025. Retrieved 18 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Czech Championships". World Athletics. 24 August 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ^ "Nominace atletů pro mistrovské Tokio: 25 jmen, obhájce medaile i finálové naděje". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 1 September 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
- ^ Pokorny, Matej (July 9, 2024). "Two relationships have failed. The Czech Olympic champion married a young protégé". Sportyzive.cz. Retrieved 18 Sep 2025.