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Kateřina Kocurová is member of National Equestrian Vaulting Team Czech Republic. Her current position in the worldwide ranking is 20th and she finished 14th on world championship this summer in Bern.
Memorable sporting achievement Her performance at the 2022 CHIO Aachen in Germany. (Instagram profile, 26 Jun 2022)
Most influential person in career Her parents. (vaultingworld.com, 01 Aug 2022)
In 2012 at Youth Continental/Regional Championships Pezinok (SJ3 – Squad Junior 3*) Aquaris 5.
Women Fitness President Ms. Namita Nayyar catches up with Kateřina Kocurová an exceptionally talented Czech Republic Equestrian Vaulting Team Member; here she talks about her fitness routine, her diet, and her success story.
Namita Nayyar:
Where were you born and had your early education? Equestrian vaulting is most often described as gymnastics and dance on horseback. You came in competitive Equestrian vaulting at the age of twelve years and participated in the 2012 Youth Continental/Regional Championships Pezinok and stood fifth. This later propelled your career to the height where you have been a leading equestrian vaulting athlete, presently ranked 31st in the world. Tell us more about your professional journey of exceptional hard work, tenacity, and endurance?
Kateřina Kocurová:
I was born in small village Bolatice in north Czechia, elementary school I attended there and then I studied high school with focus on biology. I started vaulting in 2007 in small riding club Albertovec. My first European championship was in Brno 2008 with a team, my first international start in individuals was in 2012 and European championship was in 2015. Here you have a bit old information. Currently I am ranked 20th best on the world and I finished 14th on world championship this summer in Bern.
I was always lucky to be part of best squad in Czechia, so I could compete on the highest competitions; my individual career was mostly on the second track for me. But 2019 I started to feel I would like to shine also on my own. So I started to thinking about training abroad, unfortunately covid hit and I had to stop my plans a bit. Early in 2022 I found a good place in Germany (the highest ranked country in vaulting) where I could immediately start. That was a real game changer. It was a change I needed, in Czechia I was close to burn out. After moving with a new and higher quality training methods and horses I could see direct increasing progress.
Namita Nayyar:
While performing Equestrian vaulting where choreographing routines is an art form, it’s about finding a balance between showcasing strengths and creating a captivating performance. Elaborate?
Kateřina Kocurová:
I agree, I think vaulting is one of the most complicated sports on the world. You need it all. Strengh, flexibility, mental power, sense for art of movement and relationship with your partner-horse. Most important for me is a connection with a horse and flow, what I am still perfecting.
Namita Nayyar:
At 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games you were ranked in the team event that was held from 11th to 23rd September 2018 at Tryon NC USA, how this event in your equestrian vaulting journey act as a catalyst in your metriotic rise as a leading equestrian vaulting athlete?
Kateřina Kocurová:
WEG Tryon was just a rollercoaster. First of all it was my first year in 3* category (18+), but I was 17, yet I was able to qualify for myself and also with a team. Honestly, I don’t even know how I did it. We also struggled a lot with money, few months before we didn’t even know if we will be able to travel to USA. At the end we found a sponsor, so we could even take our squad horse with us, what was the most expensive article on the list.
Competition week also didn’t start well, because our horse was ill first days. On the place we had to find a reserve horse…that was very stressful. Fortunately our horse got better and we could compete on him, but we decided that another start for him would be a risk, so I used Canadian horse for my individual start. Team showed incredible performances and we catched an eye of the whole world. My starts due to lack of preparation didn’t go well, but I was happy for the team. At the end it was great experience and I started to starve for more.
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