Petra Herzigová

Petra Herzigová
Personal information
Born (1986-01-29) 29 January 1986
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb; 10 st 6 lb)
Ice hockey career
Position Defense
Shot Right
Played for
National team  Czech Republic
Playing career 2004–2022
Sport
Country Czech Republic
SportBall hockey
PositionDefense
ShootsRight
TeamSHM HK Avir Praha
Medal record
Women's ball hockey
Representing  Czech Republic
World Championship
2017 Pardubice
2022 Canada
2019 Košice
2011 Bratislava

Petra Herzigová (born 29 January 1986) is a Czech retired ice hockey and ball hockey player. She represented Czechia with the national ice hockey team and won medals at four World Championships with the Czech national ball hockey team.

Ice hockey career

Herzigová's ice hockey club career was played with HC Příbram and HC Slavia Praha in the Czech Women's Extraliga (previously 1. liga ženského hokeje), HPK Kiekkonaiset in the Naisten SM-sarja (renamed Naisten Liiga in 2017, Auroraliiga in 2024), Sundsvall/Timrå and SDE Hockey in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL; previously Riksserien), and HC Université Neuchâtel in the Swiss Women's Hockey League A (SWHL A; renamed Women's League in 2019).[1]

International play

She represented the Czechia at ten IIHF Women's World Championships, appearing at the Division I tournaments in 2007, 2008, and 2009; the Division II tournament in 2011; the Division I A tournaments in 2012, 2014, and 2015; and at the Top Division tournaments in 2013, 2016, and 2017.[2][3]

Herzigová served as general manager of the Czech women's national under-16 ice hockey team during the 2018–19 and 2019–20 international seasons, including for the girls' ice hockey tournament at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.[4]

Ball hockey career

Herzigová most recently played with SHM HK Avir Praha in the Czech Women's Ball Hockey Extraliga.[5]

She has participated in several ISBHF World Women Street & Ball Hockey Championships, winning bronze medals with the Czech national ball hockey team in 2011 and 2019, and a gold medal in 2017.[6][7] She was named to the tournament All-Star Team at the 2011 World Championship.[8]

References

  1. ^ Holišová, Romana (28 April 2012). "Herzigová: Začínala jsem ve 12 letech a do hokeje se úplně zbláznila". Znojemský deník (in Czech). Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. ^ 2016 World Championship roster
  3. ^ Podnieks, Andrew; Nordmark, Birger, eds. (2019). IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020. Toronto: Moydart. p. 648. ISBN 9780986796470.
  4. ^ "Nominace vedení a hráček reprezentace ČR 16 ženy na Try-out" (PDF). Czech Ice Hockey Association. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Petra Herzigová (SHM HK Avir Praha), útočník". Českomoravský svaz hokejbalu (in Czech). Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Mistrovství světa v hokejbalu - Pardubice » Tým a zápasy » Ženy » Soupisky". pardubice2017.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  7. ^ "2019 Ball Hockey World Championship » Teams and games » Women » Rosters". kosice2019.com. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  8. ^ Ambrozek, Vladimír (24 June 2011). "Kapustová najužitočnejšou hráčkou hokejbalových MS žien". sport.noviny.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 29 August 2021.