in
Liberec won
Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014
Liberec () hosted the
FIL European Luge Championships in
1914 and
1939. The Czech Republic has twice hosted the
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships: Prague hosted the
1958 Championships and
Račice hosted them in
2017. In 2009, Liberec hosted the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and the
Ski Jumping World Cup always comes here in January.
Athletics The
Czech Athletics Federation organises the annual
Czech Athletics Championships,
Czech Indoor Athletics Championships and
Czech Republic Marathon Championships. Regular athletics meetings are held at the
Josef Odložil Memorial in Prague, as well as the
Golden Spike Ostrava.
Half marathons are regularly run in cities including
České Budějovice,
Karlovy Vary,
Olomouc,
Prague, and
Ústí nad Labem. Annual
marathons are held in places including
Kladno,
Ostrava, and
Prague.
Figure skating Tomáš Verner is the
2008 European champion, a medalist at two other European Championships (
2007 silver,
2011 bronze), and a ten-time (2002–2004, 2006–2008, 2011–2014)
Czech national champion. He has won six senior Grand Prix medals, including the
2010 Cup of Russia title. He has represented the
Czech Republic at the
2006,
2010 and
2014 Winter Olympics. He has qualified for the
Grand Prix Final three times (
2008,
2009 and
2010). His highest placement in the World Championships is fourth which he achieved twice in
2007 and
2009.
Michal Brezina has represented the
Czech Republic at the
2010,
2014 and
2018 Winter Olympics. He is the 2013
European bronze medalist, 2011
Skate America champion, 2009
World Junior silver medalist, and four-time
Czech national champion. He is also the winner of the
2014-15 ISU Challenger Series. He has qualified for the
Grand Prix Final twice (
2011 and
2018). His younger sister,
Eliška Březinová, competes in ladies' single skating.
Horse racing Among the most famous horse races in the country are the
Velká pardubická in Pardubice, as well as the Czech Triple Crown of flat racing, which takes place at
Prague-Velká Chuchle Racecourse.
Mixed Martial Arts In 2022,
Jiří Procházka became the Czech Republic's first
UFC Champion after defeating
Glover Teixeira for the
Light Heavyweight title at
UFC 275. Other notable mixed martial artists from the Czech Republic include
Karlos Vemola,
Viktor Pešta,
David Dvořák and
Lucie Pudilová.
Motorcycle racing Grand Prix The
Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix has been held at the
Brno Circuit in Brno, since 1965, with a hiatus between 1982 and 1987, as well as between 2020 and 2025.
Motocross Since 1995 the West Bohemian town of
Loket has hosted a round of the
Motocross World Championship in late July or early August every year.
Speedway and Longtrack Speedway has been run as a league system since 1956, with the winner crowned champion of the country when winning the
Czech Republic Team Speedway Championship. The
Markéta Stadium in Prague has hosted the
Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic since 1997. Other major venues include the
Svítkov Stadium,
Slaný Speedway Stadium and
Speedway Stadium Plzeň.
Longtrack racing has always had a major following in the country. The home of longtrack is
Mariánské Lázně Longtrack Speedway, which is about two hours west of Prague. It hosts both domestic and international meetings and had held many of the World Championship finals and Grand-Prix rounds. The most successful riders to have competed in the sport are
Jiří Štancl (12 times
Czech champion),
Aleš Dryml Sr. (twice World longtrack silver medallist) and
Václav Milík Jr. (8 times Czech champion).
Shooting sports Sport shooting is the third most widespread sport in the Czech Republic. Among notable shooters is
Kateřina Emmons, who won the gold in
2008 Summer Olympics.
Skiing and snowboarding The Czech Republic has produced a number of successful competitors in various skiing disciplines in recent years.
Šárka Záhrobská has been a successful
alpine skier, specialising in the
slalom. She has won four
World Championship medals in the discipline: a gold in
2007, a silver in
2009 and bronzes in
2005 and
2015. She also won a bronze in the slalom at the
2010 Winter Olympics. At the
2018 Winter Olympics,
Ester Ledecká won the gold medal in the
super-G. Ledecká also took another gold at the same Games in the
snowboard parallel giant slalom, becoming the first woman to take gold medals in two different sports at the Winter Olympics. She also took
Snowboarding World Championship golds in
parallel slalom in
2015 and in
parallel giant slalom in
2017. Ledecká also won the overall parallel and parallel giant slalom World Cup titles in
2015-16 and took another overall parallel World Cup in
2016-17.
Eva Samková won the gold medal in the
snowboard cross at the
2014 Winter Olympics and was World Cup snowboard cross champion in
2016-17.
Šárka Pančochová took the overall freestyle and slopestyle World Cup titles in the
2013-14 season. In
cross-country skiing Kateřina Neumannová and
Lukáš Bauer have enjoyed success. Neumannová won a gold medal in the 30 kilometre freestyle event at the
2006 Winter Olympics, as well as two
World Championships in the 10 kilometre race in
2005 and
2007. She also won 18 races in the
FIS Cross-Country World Cup. Bauer won the overall and distance World Cups in the
2007–08 seasons, as well as a silver and two bronze medals at the
2006 and
2010 Winter Olympics, and a silver in the 15 kilometre classical event at the
2009 World Championships. He is also a double winner of the
Tour de Ski in
2008 and
2010. In the sport of Biathlon
World Championship golds have been won by
Kateřina Holubcová (in the 15 kilometre individual event in
2003) and
Roman Dostál (in the 20 kilometre individual in
2005). More recently
Gabriela Soukalová enjoyed a breakthrough season in
2012–13, scoring four
World Cup wins. She subsequently took gold medals at the
2015 World Championships as part of the Czech
mixed relay team, and at the
2017 Worlds in the
sprint. She was also overall World Cup champion in
2015-16.
Markéta Davidová became World Champion in the individual in
2021.
Tennis The Czech Republic hosts a number of tennis events each year, the most notable of which is the
WTA Prague Open, which has
WTA International status since 2015. The
Czech Open in
Prostějov, the
Prosperita Open in
Ostrava and the
Prague Open are part of the
ATP Challenger Tour, while the Prague Open is also part of the
ITF Women's Circuit. The
Czech Republic Davis Cup team has won twice in 2012 and 2013, whereas the
Czech Republic Fed Cup team has won six times in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018. The best tennis players from the Czech Republic include
Jaroslav Drobný,
Ivan Lendl,
Jan Kodeš,
Petr Korda,
Tomáš Berdych,
Radek Štěpánek,
Martina Navratilova,
Hana Mandlíková,
Helena Suková,
Jana Novotná,
Petra Kvitová,
Karolína Plíšková,
Lucie Šafářová,
Barbora Krejčíková,
Kateřina Siniaková and
Markéta Vondroušová. == Major sports facilities ==