Pavel Maslák
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Nationality | Czech | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Havířov, Czechoslovakia | 21 February 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | ASC Dukla Praha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Dalibor Kupka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pavel Maslák (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpavɛl ˈmaslaːk], born 21 February 1991) is a Czech sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres and 400 metres.[1] He is the only athlete in history who has managed to win the 400 m title at the World Indoor Championships at three consecutive championships. Maslák is the first Czech to have run 400 metres under 45 seconds outdoor and under 46 seconds indoor.
Personal life
Pavel Maslák was born on 21 February 1991 in Havířov, Czechoslovakia.
Career
He is a member of Dalibor Kupka's training group at ASC Dukla Praha. At the age of 20, Maslák won the 400 m bronze medal at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships and was a semi-finalist in the 200 m at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. The next year, he finished fifth in the final of the 400 m at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
In May 2012, Maslák set the
At 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Maslák competed in the 200 and 400 m events. In the 400 metres, he advanced from heats by setting a new national record and personal best of 44.91 but did not manage to repeat the feat in semi-finals and finished fifth in his run. In the 200 metres, Maslák finished fourth in Heat 5 in a time of 20.67 and did not progress further. In his last race of the 2012 season, Maslák set a national record of 20.59 in 200 metres dash.
At
He won his first indoor world title in 2014.[3]
During the 2016 season Maslák won gold in the 400 meters at the IAAF World Indoor Championships, defending his world title, and came second at the European Athletics Championships. At the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships he successfully defended his 400-meter title a second time with a time of 45.47 seconds.
Personal bests
- Outdoor
- 100 m 10.30 (9 June 2017, Třinec, Czech Republic)
- 200 m 20.46 NR (9 June 2017, Třinec, Czech Republic)
- 400 m 44.79 NR (11 May 2014, Doha, Qatar)
- 500 m 1:00:35 (03 Aug 2013, Cheb, Czech Republic)
- Indoor
- 60 m 6.65 (15 Feb 2014, Praha (Stromovka), Czech Republic
- 200 m 20.52 (15 February 2014, Praha (Stromovka), Czech Republic)
- 400 m 45.24 NR (8 March 2014, Sopot, Poland)[3]
- 500m 1:00.36 (25 Feb 2014, Praha (O2 Arena), Czech Republic
References
- ^ Czech Olympic Team London 2012 Media Guide Archived 2012-07-26 at the Wayback Machine, p. 37. Retrieved on 2012-08-03.
- European Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-05-21.
- ^ a b c Pavel Maslák at IAAF.org
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