Zuzana Malíková (born 2 August 1983 in Nové Zámky) is a retired Slovak female race walker.
Career She is a two-time Olympian with 22nd being her best placing achieved at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Her biggest success was the team bronze medal at the 2009 European Race Walking Cup in Metz. She retired in 2011. She represented the club Lokomotíva Šurany.
In 2010, she needed a whole four attempts to meet the qualification standard to the European Championships in Barcelona. These attempts included the national championships, where she stood down after it became clear that her time would be slower than the standard. She finally met the mark as she won the International Race Walking Festival in Alytus. At the championships, she failed to finish the race.
Setting Slovak records in racewalking, Malíková held the national record in the 20 kilometres walk for several years. Having walked the distance in 1:32:14 hours at the 2006 European Championships, the record was ultimately improved by Mária Gáliková who raced in 1:32:03 hours in 2014.
Personal life In 2006, Zuzana Malíková won the national race walking championships in Borský Mikuláš ahead of her own first cousin, Klára Malíková. Klára Malíková finished seventh at the 2005 European Junior Championships and thirteenth at the 2006 World Junior Championships.
Achievements Representing 1999World Youth ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland7th5000 m24:03.812000World Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile8th10,000 m48:00.842001European Junior ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy6th10,000 m48:20.122002World Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica5th10,000 m46:46.29World Race Walking CupTurin, Italy47th20 km1:39:502003European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland7th20 km1:44:032004World Race Walking CupNaumburg, Germany —20 kmDNFOlympic GamesAthens, Greece22nd20 km1:33:172005European U23 ChampionshipsErfurt, Germany5th20 km1:38:32Universiadeİzmir, Turkey6th20 km1:37:392006World Race Walking CupA Coruña, Spain39th20 km1:36:51European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden13th20 km1:32:14 (NR)2007UniversiadeBangkok, Thailand6th20 km1:39:06World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan18th20 km1:36:262008World Race Walking CupCheboksary, Russia —20 kmDNFOlympic GamesBeijing, China31st20 km1:34:332009European Race Walking CupMetz, France18th20 km1:39:423rdTeam - 20 km72 ptsWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany26th20 km1:37:472010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain —20 kmDNF
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