Robert Změlík

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Robert Změlík
Medal record

Men's Athletics
Competitor for Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
Gold	1992 Barcelona	Decathlon
European Indoor Championships
Silver	1992 Genoa	Heptathlon
Competitor for Czech Republic
World Indoor Championships
Gold	1997 Paris	Heptathlon

Robert Změlík (Czech pronunciation: [ˈrobɛrt ˈzmɲɛliːk]) (born April 18, 1969 in Prostějov) is a Czech track athlete who won a gold medal in Olympic decathlon in 1992.

His personal best in decathlon was 8627 points (1992), in Heptathlon 6228 points (1997), both former national records. Změlík's Olympic success was influential for two other great Czech decathletes and world record holders, Tomáš Dvořák and Roman Šebrle.

References

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Christian Schenk	*World's Greatest Athlete* 1992	Succeeded by Dan O'Brien

v t e Olympic champions in the men's all-around, pentathlon and decathlon

all-around	1904: Tom Kiely (GBR)

pentathlon	1912: Jim Thorpe (USA) / Ferdinand Bie (NOR) 1920: Eero Lehtonen (FIN) 1924: Eero Lehtonen (FIN)

decathlon	1912: Jim Thorpe (USA) / Hugo Wieslander (SWE) 1920: Helge Løvland (NOR) 1924: Harold Osborn (USA) 1928: Paavo Yrjölä (FIN) 1932: James Bausch (USA) 1936: Glenn Morris (USA) 1948: Bob Mathias (USA) 1952: Bob Mathias (USA) 1956: Milt Campbell (USA) 1960: Rafer Johnson (USA) 1964: Willi Holdorf (EUA) 1968: Bill Toomey (USA) 1972: Mykola Avilov (URS) 1976: Bruce Jenner (USA) 1980: Daley Thompson (GBR) 1984: Daley Thompson (GBR) 1988: Christian Schenk (GDR) 1992: Robert Změlík (TCH) 1996: Dan O'Brien (USA) 2000: Erki Nool (EST) 2004: Roman Šebrle (CZE) 2008: Bryan Clay (USA) 2012: Ashton Eaton (USA)

v t e World indoor champions in men's heptathlon

1993: Dan O'Brien (USA) 1995: Christian Plaziat (FRA) 1997: Robert Změlík (CZE) 1999: Sebastian Chmara (POL) 2001: Roman Šebrle (CZE) 2003: Tom Pappas (USA) 2004: Roman Šebrle (CZE) 2006: André Niklaus (GER) 2008 – 2010: Bryan Clay (USA) 2012: Ashton Eaton (USA)

Persondata
Name	Zmelik, Robert
Alternative names
Short description	Czechoslovak decathlete
Date of birth	April 18, 1969
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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