ATHLETICS IN
CZECH REPUBLIC
In our country we have lots of
famous and succesful sportmen.
 Athletics is one of types of sport,
which is done by lots of people in
Czech Republic.
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FAMOUS SPORTMEN IN OUR
HISTORY:

Emil Zátopek (1922-2000) – famous
runner, he won the Olympics four times
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Dana Zátopková (1922) – Zátopek´s
wife, javelin thrower
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Jan Železný (1966) – javelin thrower, he
won the Olympics four times
CONTEMPORARY FAMOUS
ATHLETES:
Jaroslav Hedvičák
– young promising runner
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Roman Šebrle
– world recordman in decathlon, in 2004
winner of the Olympics, european
champion twice in hepthatlon, world
champion in heptahtlon 2001 and 2004

Zuzana Hejnová
- famous czech runner, world champion
2013, medailist of the Olympics in 2012

Lenka Masná
– czech runner, czech champion

Barbora Špotáková
- famous czech athlete competing in the
javelin, double olympic winner in Peking in
2008 and in London in 2012
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Thank you for attention!