Pavel Soukup
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Personal information | |
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Nationality | Czech |
Born | Stod, Czechoslovakia |
2 January 1971
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Running |
Event(s) | 800 metres |
Club | USK Praha |
Pavel Soukup (born 2 January 1971 in Stod[1]) is a retired Czech middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres.[2] He is best known for winning bronze medals at the 1995 World Indoor Championships and the 1995 Summer Universiade. In addition, he competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as two World Championships.
His personal bests in the event are 1:45.37 outdoors (Nürnberg 1997) and 1:46.38 indoors (Ludwigshafen 1995).
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Czechoslovakia | |||||
1989 | European Junior Championships | Varaždin, Yugoslavia | 7th | 800 m | 1:51.55 |
– | 4x400 m relay | DNF | |||
1990 | World Junior Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 12th (sf) | 800 m | 1:49.60 |
15th (h) | 4x400 m relay | 3:11.85 | |||
1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | 22nd (h) | 800 m | 1:51.53 |
Representing the Czech Republic | |||||
1995 | World Indoor Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 3rd | 800 m | 1:47.74 |
World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 27th (h) | 800 m | 1:48.32 | |
Universiade | Fukuoka, Japan | 3rd | 800 m | 1:48.15 | |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 32nd (h) | 800 m | 1:47.67 |
1997 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 10th (sf) | 800 m | 1:48.73 |
World Championships | Athens, Greece | 33rd (h) | 800 m | 1:48.16 |
References
- ↑ Sports-Reference profile
- ↑ Pavel Soukup profile at IAAF
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