Irena Michálková

Biografie

Love at first sight.
That’s how I would characterize billiards in my life. And even though some things and people have disappeared from my life over time, billiards still accompanies me and still makes me happy. A game that requires talent, art, but above all a lot of training, concentration, and a person „grows“ in terms of the game as well as the personality develops… You can and always have something to learn and discover something new, that’s why I never get tired of billiards.
From early childhood, I divided my free time between music and sports. Playing the piano and various sports (athletics, then basketball or volleyball)… Competitiveness, sportsmanship and creativity – everything suits me in billiards. I like playing tournaments on my own, but I also like playing team competitions.
I first held a cue when I was about 15 years old. I began to play carom on a small 4 ball table in a pub with my Dad. But my first official sport season in billard carom competition began later in 1997 in Olomouc. I played classics disciplines on small tables, sometimes also 3 cushion. From 2023 I switched to only 3Cushion on Match table.
In 2004 I played my first international tournament for ladies – The First World Championship Ladies 3Cushion in Valencia (Spain). Since that time I have represented the Czech Republic already many times at the European and World Championships Ladies and others international tournaments.

The biggest achievments:
Champion of Czech Republic in 3Cushion ladies : 2018, 2019, 2022
3rd place at European Championship 3Cushion Ladies – 2019, Brandeburg (Germany)
eight-time World Championship participant – 2004, 2006 (7th place), 2008 (7th place), 2016, 2017, 2019 (10th place), 2022, 2023 (10th place)
seven-times European Championship participant – 2005 (10th place), 2007 (8th place), 2009, 2019 (3rd place), 2020 (8th place), 2022 (6th place), 2023
Currently, I regularly play in the Czech Republic in the 1st league in 3C team competitions for my club TJ Sokol Žižkov (the 2nd highest national competition) and, as far as I can, I also participate in individual competitions at the regional or national level.
In current season 2023-2024 I would like to attend (if I would qualify):
• National Championship 3-Cushion Ladies – Prostějov, CZ (9.3.2024)
• European Championship 3-Cushion Ladies – Ankara, Turkey (14.-15.3.2024)
• CEB Grand Prix 3-Cushion Ladies – Gandia, Spain (10.-12.5.2024)
• PREDATOR Grand Prix 3-Cushion Ladies – Herstal (Belgie) – 30.8.-1.9.2024
• World Championship Ladies 3-Cushion BLOIS (France) – 10.-12.9.2024
I am looking for any financial support for all the international tournaments that I would like to participate in, including the European Championship and the World Championship, because they also are currently from 2023 without any financial support from the Czech billiards federation (ČMBS, Českomoravský billiardový svaz).
If you would like to donate me any amount, you could do that via red buttom „SUPPORT ME/ PODPOŘTE MĚ“ on my profile… (thank you very much in advance :-).