Ludmila Sychrová

Ludmila Sychrová with marriage name Hrazdírová (7 January 1904 - 15Ludmila Sychrová Hrazdírová or 19 March 1996) was a Czechoslovak track and field athlete  during the 1920s, the early era of women's athletics. She was world record holder in the 80 metres hurdles and won a gold and bronze medal at the second Women's World Games in 1926.

Biography
Sychrová was born in 1904 in Bořitov and was a member of AC Moravská Slavia Brno.

On 6 July 1926 she set her first (unofficial) world record in the 80 metres hurdles in Prague. On 1 July 1928 she improved twice her world recordin Prague first to 12.6 seconds and later to 12.2 seconds, that also became the world record.

In 1926, she represented Czechoslovakia at the 1926 Women's World Games in Gothenburg. She won the gold medal in the 100 yards hurdles event ahead of British Edith White and Hilda Hatt. She won the bronze medal in the 4 × 110 yards relay together with Zdena Smolová, Štepánka Kucerová and Marie Vidláková.

She had also other international successes, including winning the 100 yards hurdles at the 1926 Stockholm international women's athletics meeting ahead of the French Geneviève Laloz.

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Image of Sychrová
Sychrová (second from the right) at the 1926 Women's World Games

Category:1904 births
Category:Czechoslovak sportspeople
Category:Hurdlers
Category:Long jumpers
Category:Discus throwers
Category:1996 deaths
Category:Sprinters
Category:World record holders