Pavel Soukup
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Czech |
| Born | 2 January 1971 Stod, Czechoslovakia |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Running |
| Event | 800 metres |
| Club | USK Praha |
Pavel Soukup (born 2 January 1971) is a retired Czech middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres.[1] 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).
Personal life
[edit]Soukup was born on 2 January 1971 in Stod,[2] but was raised in Tlučná.[3]
Competition record
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Czechoslovakia
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| 1989 | European Junior Championships | Varaždin, Yugoslavia | 7th | 800 m | 1:51.55 |
| – | 4 × 400 m relay | DNF | |||
| 1990 | World Junior Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 12th (sf) | 800 m | 1:49.60 |
| 15th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:11.85 | |||
| 1991 | Universiade | Sheffield, United Kingdom | 5th | 800 m | 1:47.68 |
| 1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | 22nd (h) | 800 m | 1:51.53 |
| Representing the Czech Republic
| |||||
| 1993 | Universiade | Buffalo, United States | 25th (h) | 800 m | 1:51.52 |
| 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
[edit]- ^ Pavel Soukup at World Athletics
- ^ Sports-Reference profile
- ^ "1996: TJ Tlučná" (in Czech). Obec Tlučná. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
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