Jozef Machálek

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Jozef Machálek (born August 22, 1948 ) is a former Swedish - Slovak athlete who competed in medium and long distance runs . He was three times Czechoslovak runner-up.

Running career

Machálek initially competed for the ZVL Skalica and was trained by Rudolf Roučka. He first drew attention to himself in February 1973 when, at the age of 24, at the Czechoslovak athletics championships held in Jablonec nad Nisou , he finished second in the 1,500 meter run in 3: 57.7 minutes - just barely beaten by Ivan Kováč .

As a result, he increasingly concentrated on the long haul and was soon able to celebrate successes. In August 1977 he came second in the marathon from Banská Bystrica to Brezno , which was classified as a national championship. In October 1978 he was able to repeat this result in Košice - although he only crossed the finish line in seventh place, he was the second best Czechoslovak athlete. In both years he was defeated by Josef Jánský . Machálek also won several medals at the athletics championships in the Slovak part of the country:

Apart from professional sports, Machálek emerged victorious from numerous popular races : In March 1975 he won the second edition of the “Great Moravian Run” in Mikulčice over nine kilometers . In 1976 he defended this title over ten kilometers (30:32 min) and also won the 10,000 meter run in Komárno . In 1977 the third victory in Mikulčice followed over ten kilometers (29:44 min) and in 1978 first places in Uherské Hradiště and Bruntál over the same distance . In 1979 Machálek won both the marathon in Otrokovice (2:17:10 h) and the 32nd edition of the Devín - Bratislava run, which is about twelve kilometers long. He secured his fourth and fifth triumphs in Mikulčice over ten kilometers in 1981 and 1982 (30:08 min).

In 1983 Jozef Machálek emigrated to Sweden . He found work as a precision mechanic in Hässelby-Vällingby and joined Fredrikshofs IF; the following year he moved to Hässelby SK. Now living on the western side of the Iron Curtain , he was no longer subject to the travel restrictions of communist Czechoslovakia and was able to compete with opponents at international running events. Among other things, he took part in the renowned marathons in London , Berlin , Boston and New York City and won 1985 in Oslo and 1986 in Bremen . He also won second place in the half marathon in July 1987 at the Swedish Athletics Championships in Västervik (1:06:46 h).

statistics

Machálek's personal bests
discipline place time date
3000 m Košice 8: 26.8 min January 24, 1976
5000 m Banská Bystrica 14: 30.0 min 3rd July 1977
10,000 m Mikulčice 29: 45.0 min March 27, 1977
half marathon Mellerud 1:05:49 h October 13, 1984
marathon Berlin 2:13:57 h September 28, 1986
Details on Machálek's marathons
date place time space
0May 8, 1977 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Prague 2:22:41 h 4th
Aug 20, 1977 SlovakiaSlovakia Banská Bystrica - Brezno 2:19:20 h 2.
0May 8, 1978 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Prague 2:18:56 h 16.
0Oct. 1, 1978 SlovakiaSlovakia Košice 2:19:05 h 7th
Apr. 29, 1979 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Otrokovice 2:17:10 h 1.
0Oct 5, 1980 SlovakiaSlovakia Košice 2:21:55 h 37.
0Oct. 4, 1981 SlovakiaSlovakia Košice 2:27:26 h 24.
0June 4th 1983 SwedenSweden Stockholm 2:22:26 h 29
02nd June 1984 SwedenSweden Stockholm 2:20:56 h 17th
08 Sep 1984 SwedenSweden Malmo 2:18:29 h 1.
Nov 10, 1984 SwedenSweden Stockholm 2:18:42 h 2.
Apr 21, 1985 United KingdomUnited Kingdom London 2:16:04 h 26th
0June 1, 1985 SwedenSweden Stockholm 2:20:41 h 4th
June 22, 1985 NetherlandsNetherlands Enschede 2:16:07 h 4th
Aug 31, 1985 NorwayNorway Oslo 2:19:00 h 1.
Oct. 27, 1985 United StatesUnited States New York City 2:22:49 h 33.
Apr. 27, 1986 GermanyGermany Bremen 2:15:58 h 1.
0June 7, 1986 SwedenSweden Stockholm 2:15:47 h 7th
28 Sep 1986 GermanyGermany Berlin 2:13:57 h 11.
0Nov 2, 1986 United StatesUnited States New York City 2:18:49 h 29
May 30, 1987 SwedenSweden Stockholm 2:16:58 h 4th
Oct 18, 1987 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Beijing 2:18:12 h 18th
04th June 1988 SwedenSweden Stockholm 2:19:14 h 9.
0Oct 2, 1988 United StatesUnited States Saint Paul - Minneapolis 2:25:29 h 20th
Apr 17, 1989 United StatesUnited States Boston 2:25:25 h 30th

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Miroslav Hazucha: "Banskobystrický maratón nadväzuje na bohaté tradície". In: Maratónsky Spravodaj , № 1/2013 , page 3.
  2. ↑ a b List of Jozef Machálek's race results. Retrieved from more.arrs.run (Association of road racing statisticians) on August 6, 2017.
  3. ↑ January Bělohoubek: "Silniční běh Velká Morava". On August 3, 2013 on geocaching.com . Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  4. ↑ “Ezer atlétára számítanak”. In: Révkalauz , April 27–6 . May 2001, page 5.
  5. ↑ List of previous winners of the running event in Uherské Hradiště. In: Magazine for the 57th edition of the Slovácký běh race as part of the 2014 Czech Running Cup , page 7.
  6. ^ Anton Zerer: List of the previous winners of the Devín-Bratislava run. In: Magazine for the 60th anniversary of the race , 2007, page 13.
  7. ↑ Otto-Ulrich Bals / Klaus-Peter Berg: "World record after the starting shot". In: Weser-Kurier , April 28, 1986, volume 42, № 98, page 26.
  8. ↑ http://atelim.com/tabuky-saz-historick-tabuky-slovenska.html
personal data
SURNAME Machálek, Jozef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish-Slovak medium and long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1948