Jakub Holuša

Jakub Holuša
Jakub Holuša (2018)
Full name	Jakub Holuša
nation	Czech Republic
birthday	20th February 1988 (age 32)
place of birth	Opava ,  Czechoslovakia
size	183 cm
Weight	72 kg
Career
discipline	1500 m
Best performance	3: 32.49 min
society	ASC Dukla Praha
Trainer	Tomasz Lewandowski
status	active
Medal table
Indoor world championships 0 × 2 × 0 × European Indoor Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × U23 European Championships 0 × 0 × 1 × U20 European Championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Indoor world championships silver Istanbul 2012 800 m silver Portland 2016 1500 m  European Indoor Championships gold Prague 2015 1500 m  U23 European Championships bronze Kaunas 2009 1500 m  U20 European Championships gold Hengelo 2007 3000 m obstacle
last change: February 11, 2020

Jakub Holuša (born February 20, 1988 in Opava , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech athlete who competes in medium-distance runs . Among other things, he is two-time indoor vice world champion.

Athletic career

Jakub Holuša initially competed in the obstacle course at the beginning of his career . Back in 2005, at the age of 17, he won the Czech U23 championship title over the 3000 meter distance. At the U18 World Championships in Marrakech , a total of 2000 meters had to be completed. Holuša reached the final and finished seventh in a time of 5: 43.39 minutes. From the following season onwards, in addition to the obstacle course, he also competed in medium-distance runs. At the U20 European Championships in Hengelo in 2007 , he last started in the obstacle course at international championships and was able to win the 3,000 meter race in 8: 50.30 minutes. In the spring of 2008 he took part in the international championships among adults for the first time at the World Indoor Championships in Valencia . There he competed in the 800-meter run and finished 24th. During the season he qualified for the Beijing Olympics . There he was eliminated in the preliminary run.

At the U23 European Championships in Kaunas in 2009, he competed both over 800 and 1500 meters . Over the 800 meters he was eliminated in the lead. It went better for him over the longer distance. There he was able to win the bronze medal in 3: 51.46 minutes. In 2010 he took fifth place over 800 meters at the World Indoor Championships in Doha . He was able to achieve the same placement at the European Championships in Barcelona in the summer. In the spring of 2011 he competed over 1500 meters at the European Indoor Championships in Paris , which he also finished in fifth place. In 2012 Holuša celebrated his greatest sporting success over 800 meters by winning the silver medal at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul . In the summer he again achieved two fifth places at the European Championships in Helsinki . After taking fifth place over 800 meters, he also achieved this position with the Czech 4 x 400 meter relay . The highlight of the season, in the form of the Olympic Games in London , came fourth in his run and did not get past the lead.

He used the 2013 season as a transition season in order to then concentrate more on the 1,500-meter run from 2014 onwards. The first important competition after the changeover, the World Indoor Championships in Sopot , he was able to finish fifth in 3: 39.23 minutes. In March 2015 he won the European Championship at the European Indoor Championships in his Czech homeland. With his winning time of 3: 37.68 minutes, he also set a new national record. Things went less well for him at the World Championships in Beijing , from which he was eliminated in the preliminary stages. At the World Indoor Championships in Portland , he was runner-up again after 2012, this time over 1500 meters. In August he reached the semi-finals at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where he was eliminated in seventh place in his run.

In 2017 he finished fifth at the World Championships in London in 3: 34.89 minutes. In July 2018 he set a new national record over the 1500 meters in 3: 32.49 minutes after the hall. A month later he retired from the European Championships in Berlin as fifth in his preliminary run. Even at the 2019 World Championships in Doha , he did not get past the lead.

Major competitions

year	event	place	space	discipline	time
Starts for the Czech Republic
2005	U18 world championships	Marrakech	5.	2000 m obstacle	5: 43.39 min
2007	U20 European Championships	Hengelo	1.	3000 m obstacle	8: 50.30 min
2008	Indoor world championships	Valencia	24.	800 m	1: 51.09 min
	Olympic games	Beijing	41.	800 m	1: 48.19 min
2009	U23 European Championships	Kaunas	9.	800 m	1: 49.63 min
			3.	1500 m	3: 51.46 min
2010	Indoor world championships	Doha	5.	800 m	1: 47.28 min
	European championships	Barcelona	5.	800 m	1: 47.45 min
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris	5.	1500 m	3: 41.57 min
2012	Indoor world championships	Istanbul	2.	800 m	1: 48.62 min
	European championships	Helsinki	5.	800 m	1: 48.99 min
			5.	4 × 400 m	3: 02.72 min
	Olympic games	London	28.	800 m	1: 46.87 min
2014	Indoor world championships	Sopot	5.	1500 m	3: 39.23 min
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague	1.	1500 m	3: 37.68 min
	World championships	Beijing	30th	1500 m	3: 43.66 min
2016	Indoor world championships	Portland	2.	1500 m	3: 44.30 min
	Olympic games	Rio de Janeiro	17th	1500 m	3: 40.83 min
2017	World championships	London	5.	1500 m	3: 34.89 min
2018	Indoor world championships	Birmingham	10.	1500 m	3: 45.84 min
	European championships	Berlin	24.	1500 m	3: 49.82 min
2019	World championships	Doha	32.	1500 m	3:39:79 min

Personal best

open air

• 800 m : 1: 45.18 min, May 11, 2012, Doha
• 1000 m : 2: 16.79 min, June 17, 2014, Ostrava
• 1500 m : 3: 32.49 min, July 20, 2018, Monaco , (Czech record)
• 3000 m : 7: 51.39 min, May 14, 2017, Montgeron

Hall

• 800 m: 1: 46.09 min, January 31, 2010, Karlsruhe
• 1000 m: 2: 18.27 min, February 17, 2016, Stockholm , (Czech record)
• 1500 m: 3: 37.68 min, March 8, 2015, Prague , (Czech record)
• 3000 m: 7: 53.21 min, February 25, 2014, Prague

Web links

• Jakub Holuša in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Jakub Holuša in the database of European Athletics (English)
• Jakub Holuša in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )