Anežka Drahotová (; born 22 July 1995) is a Czech former athletics competitor in race walking, middle-distance running, and steeplechase, as well an international-level cyclist. She is the Czech record holder for the 20 kilometres walk (1:29:05 – equal with Barbora Dibelková) and the 10 km track walk (44:15.87 minutes).
In her first major international competitions, she placed seventh in the junior category at the 2011 European Race Walking Cup and sixth in the 5000 m walk at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics. The following year she ranked sixth in the 10 km walk at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where she also placed 25th overall in the 1500 metres. The 2013 European Race Walking Cup saw her take the bronze medal in the 10 km walk event. She won the 20 km walk gold medal in the 2013 European Athletics Junior Championships, while her twin sister Eliška Drahotová took the bronze. In an unusual event combination, she also entered the 3000 metres steeplechase and placed ninth.
She placed outside the medals, taking seventh place, in the 2013 World Championships in Athletics held in Moscow in the 20 km walk despite leading the race for some kilometers and notching a personal best time of 1:29:05. She proved adept at running by finishing as the first Czech athlete at the Prague Grand Prix 10K run that year. Her global debut in cycling also came that year at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships. There she placed 19th in the junior road race.Trojakova, Zuzana (2013-11-19). Walking, running, cycling – Anezka Drahotova excels at them all. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-19. In 2013 her world ranking in the women's 20 km walk was 21st place overall.
She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's 20 km walk event.
Competition record in athletics Representing the 2011European Race Walking Cup (U20)Olhão, Portugal7th10 km walk49:363rdTeam - 10 km Junior19 ptsWorld Youth ChampionshipsVilleneuve d'Ascq, France6th5000 m walk22:32.872012World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain25th (h)1500 m4:26.776th10,000 m walk46:29.952013European Race Walking Cup (U20)Dudince, Slovakia2nd10 km walk46:292ndTeam - 10 km Junior9 ptsEuropean Junior ChampionshipsRieti, Italy1st10,000 m walk44:15.87World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia7th20 km walk1:29:052014World Race Walking Cup (U20)Taicang, China3rd10 km walk43:40World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, United States —3000 m steeplechaseDNS1st10,000 m walk42:47.25European ChampionshipsZurich, Switzerland3rd20 km walk1:28:082015European Race Walking CupMurcia, Spain4th20 km walk1:26:53European U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia12th5000m16:03.182nd20 km walk1:27:25World Championships Beijing, China8th20 km walk1:30:322017European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland7th20 km walk1:34:512018European ChampionshipsBerlin, GermanyDQ20 km walkDQ2019UniversiadeNaples, ItalyDQ20 km walkDQ
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