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| show-medals = | updated = }} Kateřina Neumannová () (born 15 February 1973) is a retired Czech cross country skier. She won an Olympic Gold medal in the 2006 Winter Olympics, in the 30 km freestyle event. She is one of five cross country skiers to ever compete at six Olympics. She was also the first Czech woman to appear in both a Summer and Winter Olympics, having participated in the mountain biking event at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Neumannová retired after the 2006-07 World Cup season.〔FIS Newsflash 122. 11 April 2007.〕 ==Career overview== She was a flatwater canoeist and downhill skier before moving to cross country skiing at sixteen. Neumannová made her first appearance in the Winter Olympics in 1992 in Albertville. Her goal was only to gain experience.〔(Profile on Czech Olympic Committee's webpage ), accessed 22 August 2006〕 However in all races (both individual and relay) she belonged to the best Czechoslovak athletes.〔 Two years later in Lillehammer she was already among the best.〔 She was 8th in 5 km classical and 6th in combination with 10 km free. Her training during summer involved riding mountain bike and when the sport become popular she decided to race in it. Thanks to her strong muscles she quickly achieved successes. In 1995, she won a bronze medal at the European Championships,〔"Neumannová neví, zda bude jezdit", MF Dnes, 10 April 1996 page 23〕 and she also qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Although cross-country skiing remained her main sport and her summer training was usually lighter she took preparations for Atlanta seriously. "This time I left out the pleasant period and started abruptly. Thanks to it I achieved results in athletic tests that I last run in junior categories"〔Original (Czech): "Tentokrát jsem příjemné období vynechala a šla jsem na to rovnou zostra. Díky tomu jsem při atletických testech zaběhla časy, jakých jsem naposledy dosáhla v juniorkách 〕 she said before Olympics. But her preparations were not in the best conditions. She practised in a cold weather in Šumava while great heat was expected for Atlanta race〔"Neumannová se na vedro málem chystala ve sněhu", MF Dnes, 18 July 1996, page 18, available through () (registration required) 〕 On 31 July 1996 she became the first Czech female athlete to compete on both Winter and Summer Olympics when starting in the mountain bike race at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, USA. But the race itself was a horror for her. She fell off the bike early in the race. "I overrun about 15 racers but then a terrible crisis came upon me. I did not race anymore, I just wanted to finish," she described the race.〔Original (Czech): "Dojela jsem asi patnáct závodnic, ale pak na mě padla hrozná krize. Už jsem nezávodila, jen jsem se snažila dojet."〕 She mainly complained about the terrible heat and said it was one of her worst experiences.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kateřina Neumannová」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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