Kamila Olmerová

Kamila Olmerová (born 16 June 1907) was a Czechoslovak track and field athlete and handball player. She was active during the 1920s, the early era of women's athletics. She was a world record holder in the javelin throw and 75 metres relay and also European record holder in the javelin throw.

Biography
Olmerová started playing handball in 1921 and was very talented.  

Olmerová represented Czechoslovakia at the first 1922 Women's World Games in Paris, France. She would later also compete at other Women's World Games and Women's Olympiads, including at the 1926 Women's World Games.

In the javelin throw she set her first world record on 31 May 1923 in Hradec Králové with a distance of 26.10 metres. On 2 September the same year she improved again the world record to 27.30 metres in Kladno. On 12 July 1925, she set the world record in the 4 x 75 meters relay for the national team in Ljubljana together with Miloslava Havlíčková, Mária Vidláková and Zdena Smolová. In 1926 she broke in the European record in the javelin throw in Brno with a distance of 34.85 metres.

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Category:1907 births
Category:Czechoslovak sportspeople
Category:Sprinters
Category:Discus throwers
Category:Javelin throwers
Category:Year of death missing
Category:Handball players
Category:World record holders