Rebecca Slezáková
Athletics – 100 m hurdles / 400 m hurdles
AC Malacky, Slovak national team
Born 2005
Key achievements:
7th place at the World U20 Championships (Lima 2024) in the 400 m hurdles
5th place at the European U18 Championships (Jerusalem 2022) in both the 100 m and 400 m hurdles
Semi-finals at the European U20 Championships Jerusalem 2023, European U23 Championships Bergen 2025 and FISU World University Games Bochum 2025
37-time Slovak champion
Story:
She has been doing athletics since 2018, but started competing at the top level in 2022, when she met as many as six qualifying standards for the European U18 Championships. Since then she has represented Slovakia at major events every year. A friend introduced her to athletics — and she is immensely grateful, because today she can’t imagine life without it. She started out running middle distances (600 m and 800 m), but later fell for the hurdles, which she has stayed loyal to ever since. Off the track she likes to relax walking her dog, listening to music or with a good book.
Motto: “It’s not important to win, but always to try to fight.”
