Zdeňka Šilhavá (born Kusá, later known as Bartoňová-Šilhavá; 15 June 1954 in Krnov) is a Czech retired female track and field athlete who represented Czechoslovakia. She set the world record in the women's discus throw on 26 August 1984 with a distance of . That mark still is the national record.
Šilhavá represented Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, finishing in sixth place () in the women's discus, and in eleventh place in the women's shot put event (). She threw again in the 1996 Summer Olympics at the age of 42. Three years after the Olympics, she threw masters W45 world records in both the shot put and discus that still stand.
Doping Šilhavá tested positive for anabolic steroids at the European Cup in Moscow in August 1985 and was subsequently banned for life by the European Athletics Federation.Czechs banned, The Spokesman-Review, 18 September 1985 The ban was later reduced to 18 months by the IAAF.Morning briefing, elsewhere, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 15 October 1985Brigitte Berendonk: Doping-Dokumente. Von der Forschung zum Betrug. Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1991,
Personal life She is married to discus thrower Josef Šilhavý.
Achievements Representing 1982European ChampionshipsAthens, Greece9thShot put18.46 m13thDiscus56.16 m1983World Championships Helsinki, Finland6thDiscus64.32 m9thShot put19.00 m1987World ChampionshipsRome, Italy6thDiscus64.82 m1988Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea6thDiscus67.84 m11thShot put18.86 mRepresenting the 1993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany22nd (q)Discus 57.16 m1994European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland12thDiscus55.04 m1995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden24th (q)Discus 56.38 m1996Olympic Games Atlanta, United States19th (q)Discus59.24 m
References