Jana Novotná belongs to the record of sport as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Jana Novotná as Czech tennis player (1968–2017).
Jana Novotná was born at Brno in 1968. Her recorded nationality is the Czech Republic.
Modern careers are conducted in public and at speed, with reputations formed and revised far faster than the work itself changes.
The record gives her occupations as tennis player, tennis coach and coach.
Athletic careers are short and pitilessly measured, which is what makes the great ones legible.
The honours are a fair index of how the work was received - International Tennis Hall of Fame (2005).
That the work was done from the Czech Republic matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Jana Novotná died in 2017 at the age of 49. The work outlived the arguments around it.
Achievements
- International Tennis Hall of Fame — 2005
- Worked as tennis player, tennis coach and coach
