Petr Frydrych

Petr Frydrych (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpɛtr̩ ˈfrɪdrɪx]) (born January 13, 1988 in Klatovy, Czech Republic) is a Czech javelin thrower. His current personal best mark of 88.23 metres, thrown on May 27, 2010 in Ostrava, places him second on the Czech all-time list,[1] behind only world record holder and three-time Olympic champion Jan Železný, who is currently his coach.[2]

Early career

Frydrych competed in the 2005 World Youth Championships, 2006 World Junior Championships[3] and 2007 European Junior Championships, without much success.

In 2009 Frydrych, by then under Železný's guidance,[4] exploded to the international elite. He improved his personal best from 75.55 to 84.96[3] and placed second in the European U23 Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, passed in the last round by Finland's Ari Mannio.[5] He qualified for the final at the World Championships in Berlin, finishing 10th with a 79.29 effort.[6]

The 2010 season started well for Frydrych, who first improved to 85.60 at the May 23 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, losing to Norway's two-time Olympic Champion Andreas Thorkildsen by only half a metre.[7] Only four days later, he threw a world-leading 88.23 metres at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava.[8] In javelin's first appearance in the inaugural IAAF Diamond Race, at Oslo on June 4, Frydrych again placed a narrow second to Thorkildsen, this time with a mark of 85.33.[9]

Frydrych was second to Thorkildsen once more at the Adidas Grand Prix in New York City,[10] but a back injury spoiled the rest of 2010 for him, and he only placed 10th at the European Championships.[11]

Frydrych won the 2011 Diamond League opener in Doha, Qatar with a mark of 85.32, almost a metre ahead of Robert Oosthuizen.[12]

External links

References

  1. ^ "IAAF Toplists jt m". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=0/sex=M/all=y/legal=A/disc=JT/detail.html. Retrieved 2010-05-27. 
  2. ^ "Železný looks forward to women´s hamer throw and his own trainees". Ostrava Golden Spike. 2010-05-26. http://www.zlatatretra.cz/aktuality.asp?id=595. Retrieved 2010-05-27. 
  3. ^ a b "Frydrych Petr Biography". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=CZE/athcode=207685/index.html. Retrieved 2010-05-27. 
  4. ^ "Kladivářka Šafránková a oštěpař Frydrych mají stříbro z ME 22" (in Czech). http://www.sport.cz/ostatni/atletika/153416-kladivarka-safrankova-a-ostepar-frydrych-maji-z-me-23-stribro.html. Retrieved 2010-05-27. 
  5. ^ Michael Butcher (2009-07-19). "European U23 Champs - Day Three". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=52180.html. Retrieved 2010-05-27. 
  6. ^ "12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin Throw Results" (pdf). IAAF. 2009-08-23. http://berlin.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/3658/AT-JT-M-f--A--.RS1.pdf. Retrieved 2010-05-27. 
  7. ^ "Oštěpař Frydrych v Šanghaji těsně prohrál jen s Thorkildsenem" (in Czech). http://www.sport.cz/ostatni/atletika/169572-ostepar-frydrych-v-sanghaji-tesne-prohral-jen-s-thorkildsenem.html. Retrieved 2010-05-27. 
  8. ^ "OSTRAVA GOLDEN SPIKE : Results". Ostrava Golden Spike. 2010-05-27. http://www.zlatatretra.cz/results.asp?season=2010&typ=r&eventid=0880040. Retrieved 2010-05-27. 
  9. ^ "Official Results - Men - Javelin Throw". IAAF. 2010-06-04. http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/dlm/eventcode=4459/sex=M/discCode=JT/result.html#MJT. Retrieved 2010-06-04. 
  10. ^ "adidas Grand Prix New York City, NY (USA)". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/results/eventcode=4461/IWCtextresults.html. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  11. ^ "Wind on Andreas’ and Petr’s side". Diamond League. 2011-05-05. http://www.diamondleague.com/en/News/NewsArticles/Wind-on-Andreas-and-Petrs-side/?Template=News. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  12. ^ "Javelin Throw". Diamond League. 2011-05-06. http://www.diamondleague-doha.com/Live-StartlistsResults/Overview1/Javelin-Throw/. Retrieved 2011-05-06.