Pavel Petřikov

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Pavel Petřikov (born July 1, 1959 in Slaný ) is a former Czechoslovak judoka . He won the silver medal in the super lightweight at the 1981 World Championships.

Career

The 1.70 m tall Petřikov fought until 1986 mainly in the super light weight class up to 60 kilograms. At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, he defeated Ibrahim Camara from Guinea with Ippon in the first round after 1:16 minutes. In the second round he beat the Swiss Marcel Burkhard with a small score (koka), but was then defeated in the quarterfinals by the French Thierry Rey with a Yuko score. In the hope round he first defeated the Finn Reino Fagerlund with Waza-Ari, in the battle for a bronze medal he lost against Arambi Jemisch from the Soviet Union with Ippon after 4:18 minutes.

Petřikov's most successful year was 1981. First he won bronze at the European Championships in Debrecen in 1981 . Three months later at the 1981 World Championships in Maastricht, he defeated the French Eric Maurel , the Spaniard Manuel Jiménez and the Hungarian Tibor Kincses . In the semifinals he defeated the Canadian Phil Takahashi , only in the final he was defeated by the Japanese Yasuhiko Moriwaki . In 1982 he finished fifth at the European Championships in Rostock. It wasn't until 1984 that Pavel Petřikov won his first championship title in Czechoslovakia. In the same year he took third place in a tournament in Warsaw, which was intended as compensation for the athletes because of the Olympic boycott not at the Olympic Games could participate in Los Angeles. In 1986 he won his second championship title in Czechoslovakia and finished seventh at the European Championships.

In 1987 Pavel Petřikov switched to half-light weight, the weight class up to 65 kilograms. Also in the first year in this weight class he finished seventh at the European Championships and became champion of Czechoslovakia. In 1988 he reached fifth place at the European Championships. At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, he won his first three fights and was eliminated in the quarterfinals against the Hungarian Tamás Bujkó .

At the European Championships in Helsinki in 1989, Pavel Petřikov was defeated by the French Bruno Carabetta in the quarterfinals , but fought his way through with three wins in the round of hope. Five months later at the World Championships in Belgrade , he lost again in the quarter-finals against Carabetta. After two wins in the Hope Round he lost in the battle for a bronze medal to Sergei Kosmynin from the Soviet Union. His last major international tournament was the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. After defeating Mamadou Coulibaly from Mali by Ippon in the first round , he won against Kosmynin by referee decision. In the last sixteen he was defeated by the Hungarian József Csák through a Yuko rating. In the hope round he was eliminated by Ippon against the Belgian Philip Laats after 57 seconds and ultimately finished ninth.

His son Pavel Petřikov junior took part in the 2016 Olympic judo competitions for the Czech Republic.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 727
  2. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  3. ^ Result list of the alternative tournament in Warsaw at judoinside.com
  4. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 106
  5. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 420
personal data
SURNAME Petřikov, Pavel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czechoslovak judoka
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Slaný