Career
Špotáková improved the Czechoslovakian national record (previously 6621 m held by herself since 2006) twice in the final of the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. She took an early lead for 66.40 m in the first attempt and secured the gold medal in the third attempt (6707 m) before German Christina Obergföll (6646 m). Špotáková became the seventh woman in the world to reach the 67 m mark.
Špotáková was a heptathlete in her early career, finishing fourth at the 2000 World Junior Championships.
Until the end of the 2010 season she was coached by Rudolf Černý, who led her from a national elite level heptathlete to the World Record in the Women"s Javelin. Prior to the 2011 season it was announced that January Železný would take over as her coach.
Špotáková gave birth to a son Janek in May 2013 and did not compete at the world championships in Moscow later that year. In 2014, Špotáková finally captured the one major title to have eluded her, winning the European Championships in Zürich, Switzerland with a throw of 64.41 m.