Hejková was born on 7 April 1954 to Vsevolod Hejk, a Russian-Czech engineer, who was posted to Slovakia to oversee road construction and a Slovak schoolteacher Mária Hejková (née Buociková). She was born and raised in Žilina, where she started playing basketball at the age of 14.[1]
Hejková is single and childless.[3] In spite of her Russian family background and record of coaching Russian teams, she supports the exclusion of Russian athletes from international competitions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4]
Playing careeredit
In 1972, following her high school graduation, Hejková started to study law at the Charles University in Prague. During her studies, she played for the university basketball team Slávia VŠ Praha. Following her graduation in 1979, she joined the team TJ SCP Ružomberok, where she remained until her retirement in 1986.[5]
Coaching careeredit
Following the end of her playing career, Hejková was offered to become the head coach of TJ SCP Ružomberok, which was going through a rough time, as a temporary emergency measure. She stayed in the position from 1987 to 2003, winning Slovak title ten times in a row as well as two European Championships.[6]
In 2012 she returned to Prague to become the head coach of USK Praha. Under Hejková, the team won the national title ten times and achieved a record of 256 games without defeat in the row.[7]
She also coached Slovak and Russian National Women's Team.[2]
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January 01, 1970
natália, hejková, born, april, 1954, slovak, basketball, coach, former, player, 2019, inducted, fiba, hall, fame, prahapositionhead, coachleagueczech, women, basketball, leaguepersonal, informationborn, 1954, april, 1954, Žilina, czechoslovakiacoaching, career. Natalia Hejkova born 7 April 1954 1 is a Slovak basketball coach and former player In 2019 she was inducted in the FIBA Hall of Fame 2 Natalia HejkovaUSK PrahaPositionHead coachLeagueCzech Women s Basketball LeaguePersonal informationBorn 1954 04 07 7 April 1954 age 70 Zilina CzechoslovakiaCoaching career1987 present Contents 1 Biography 2 Playing career 3 Coaching career 4 Recognition 5 ReferencesBiography editHejkova was born on 7 April 1954 to Vsevolod Hejk a Russian Czech engineer who was posted to Slovakia to oversee road construction and a Slovak schoolteacher Maria Hejkova nee Buocikova She was born and raised in Zilina where she started playing basketball at the age of 14 1 Hejkova is single and childless 3 In spite of her Russian family background and record of coaching Russian teams she supports the exclusion of Russian athletes from international competitions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine 4 Playing career editIn 1972 following her high school graduation Hejkova started to study law at the Charles University in Prague During her studies she played for the university basketball team Slavia VS Praha Following her graduation in 1979 she joined the team TJ SCP Ruzomberok where she remained until her retirement in 1986 5 Coaching career editFollowing the end of her playing career Hejkova was offered to become the head coach of TJ SCP Ruzomberok which was going through a rough time as a temporary emergency measure She stayed in the position from 1987 to 2003 winning Slovak title ten times in a row as well as two European Championships 6 Following her departure from Ruzomberok she coached Sopron Basket WBC Sparta amp K which won 2 Russian Premier League Championship with Hejkova as the head coach MBC Dynamo Moscow and Ros Casares Godella 2 In 2012 she returned to Prague to become the head coach of USK Praha Under Hejkova the team won the national title ten times and achieved a record of 256 games without defeat in the row 7 She also coached Slovak and Russian National Women s Team 2 Recognition editIn 1998 Hejkova received the Order of Ľudovit Stur 3rd class from the president Michal Kovac 8 In 2019 she was inducted in the FIBA Hall of Fame 2 References edit a b Natalia Hejkova 1954 www memoryofnations eu Retrieved 3 May 2023 a b c d Trenerku Nataliu Hejkovu uvedu do Siene slavy Medzinarodnej basketbalovej federacie in Slovak sport sme sk Online s trenerkou Nataliou Hejkovou Rozhovor Sportweb sk in Slovak Retrieved 3 May 2023 Klein Radovan 23 March 2023 Je spravne ze ruske kluby neucinkuju v Eurolige vravi basketbalova trenerka Hejkova Rozhodnutie skoncit nezmeni Dennik N in Slovak Retrieved 3 May 2023 Hospodarsky dennik Sport www hospodarskyklub sk Cerveny Michal 4 May 2017 Trenerskej legendy Hejkovej sa v Rusku bala Oveckinova mama pri Fiľovi sa v Ruzomberku citila ako zobracka Dennik N in Slovak Retrieved 3 May 2023 Hejkova pri dalsom rekorde Praha pod jej vedenim vyhrala v lige 257 zapasov po sebe sportnet sme sk in Slovak Retrieved 3 May 2023 Prezident SR Statne vyznamenania udelene v rokoch 1993 1998 archiv prezident sk Retrieved 3 May 2023 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Natalia Hejkova amp oldid 1218153856, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
