Josef Matoušek (athlete)

Josef Matoušek (September 7, 1928 - May 11, 2019) was a Czech track and field athlete known primarily for the hammer throw. He was born in Žampach, Pardubický kraj, Czechoslovak Republic. He represented his native country at the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics finishing ninth. At the time he made it to the Olympics, he was 36 years old. A year before the Olympics, he threw his personal best of 68.78m, and later that season after his 35th birthday he threw 66.82m which became the Masters M35 world record. Had he been able to put together another 68 meter throw in the Olympics it would have made a bronze medal. He also competed at the 1962 European Athletics Championships. He died in his home in the village of Častolovice.