Ščerbová took the silver medal in the long jump at the 2003 U17 World Championships in Sherbrooke and won the gold medal in the long jump at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Grosseto. She came 25th in the long jump at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Ščerbová also competed in the heptathlon at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg but had to pull out because of an ankle injury.
At the 2007 European Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Ščerbová matched her Czech indoor long jump record of 6.64 m and came third, beating Bianca Kappler by one centimetre and winning her first major senior medal.
As of March 2007, Denisa Ščerbová is several-time champion of the Czech Republic (one outdoor and three indoor titles in the long jump and one title in the heptathlon).
On February 2008 she improved her own indoor national record in pentathlon to 4632 points.
Ščerbová's life partner is another Czech athlete, Jaroslav Bába.
External links
- EAA profile for Denisa Ščerbová
- ČAS profile
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