Tomáš Dvořák

Tomáš Dvořák

Tomáš Dvořák
Medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for  Czech Republic
Olympic Games
Bronze	1996 Atlanta	Decathlon
World Championships
Gold	1997 Athens	Decathlon
Gold	1999 Seville	Decathlon
Gold	2001 Edmonton	Decathlon
World Indoor Championships
Silver	1995 Barcelona	Heptathlon
European Indoor Championships
Gold	2000 Ghent	Heptathlon
Silver	1996 Stockholm	Heptathlon
Silver	2002 Vienna	Heptathlon

Tomáš Dvořák (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtomaːʃ ˈdvor̝aːk]) (born 11 May 1972 in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia) is an athlete from the Czech Republic. He competed in decathlon and heptathlon for the team Dukla Prague. He is a three-time decathlon world champion (1997, 1999, 2001) and a former world record holder (8,994 points scored in Prague, 1999), which is still the third best performance all-time. This world record was broken by Dvořák's compatriot Roman Šebrle in 2001. Dvořák is the only athlete to score over 8,900 points three times (and also more than once).

Dvořák announced retirement in July 2008, after he failed to qualify for the Beijing Olympics. He now works as an athletic coach.

List of results

• 1990 CRCJ (Czech Republic Championship of Juniors), Czechoslovakia, heptathlon, 1st
• 1990 WCJ, decathlon, 17th
• 1991 ECJ, decathlon, 2nd
• 1993 WC, Stuttgart (Germany), decathlon, 10th
• 1994 EIC, Paris (France), heptathlon, 4th
• 1994 EC, Helsinki (Finland), decathlon, 7th
• 1995 WIC, Barcelona (Spain), heptathlon, 2nd
• 1995 WC, Göteborg (Sweden), decathlon, 5th
• 1996 EIC, Stockholm (Sweden), heptathlon, 2nd
• 1996 OG, Atlanta (USA), decathlon, 3rd
• 1997 WC Athens, decathlon, 1st
• 1998 Goodwill Games, USA, decathlon, 3rd
• 1998 EIC, Valencia (Spain), heptathlon, 4th
• 1998 EC Budapest (Hungary), decathlon, 5th
• 1999 WC Seville, decathlon, 1st
• 1999 WIC, Maebashi, heptathlon, 4th
• 2000 EIC, heptathlon, 1st
• 2000 OG, Sydney (Australia), decathlon, 6th
• 2001 WC, decathlon, 1st
• 2001 Goodwill Games (Australia), decathlon, 1st
• 2002 EIC, Vienna (Austria), heptathlon, 2nd
• 2003 WIC, Birmingham (UK), heptathlon, 5th
• 2003 CRIC, Bratislava (Slovakia), 60 m hurdles, 1st
• 2003 CRIC, Bratislava (Slovakia), shot put, 3rd
• 2003 WC, Paris (France), decathlon, 4th
• 2004 CRIC, Praha, 60 m hurdles, 3rd, 7,94
• 2004 OG, Athens (Greece), decathlon, DNF
• 2005 WC, Helsinki (Finland), decathlon, 8th
• 2006 EC, Gothenburg (Sweden), decathlon, 12th

Personal bests

• 100 m 10.54 s
• Long jump 807 cm
• Shot put 16.88 m
• High jump 209 cm
• 400 m 47.56 s
• 110 m hurdles 13.61 s
• Discus throw 50.28 m
• Pole vault 500 cm
• Javelin throw 72.32 m
• 1500 m 4:27.69 min

Total: 9296 pts.

External links

• Tomáš Dvořák profile at IAAF

Records
Preceded by Dan O'Brien	Men's decathlon world record holder 4 July 1999 – 27 May 2001	Succeeded by Roman Šebrle
Awards
Preceded by Martin Doktor Dominik Hašek	Czech Athlete of the Year 1997 1999	Succeeded by Dominik Hašek Jan Železný
Preceded by Jonathan Edwards	Men's European Athlete of the Year 1999	Succeeded by Jan Železný

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