Petr Lacina

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Petr Lacina (born December 12, 1943 in Prague ) is a former Czech badminton player .

Career

Petr Lacina started his sporting career as a swimmer, tennis and ice hockey player. At the age of 14 he decided to switch to badminton. He won his first national individual title at the age of 18 in the 1960/1961 season for Spoje Praha. By 1977 his collection of individual titles increased to 19, plus several team titles with Spoje. Internationally there were four bronze medals at the open championships of Austria and the international Werner Seelenbinder memorial tournament in the GDR. After Josef R. Beneš , Petr Lacina was the second Czech badminton player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame of the national association. His two daughters, Jitka and Eva Lacinová , who were both nationally and internationally successful badminton players, followed in their father's footsteps .

Petr Lacina still lives in Prague today and still keeps fit playing badminton.

Sporting successes

season discipline event space Surname
1961 Men's doubles Czechoslovak Individual Championships 1 Petr Lacina / Jaroslav Houska
1961 Men's singles Czechoslovak Individual Championships 1 Petr Lacina
1961 Mixed Czechoslovak Individual Championships 1 Petr Lacina / Naďa Benešová
1962 Men's doubles Czechoslovak Individual Championships 1 Petr Lacina / Alois Patěk
1962 Men's singles Czechoslovak Individual Championships 1 Petr Lacina
1962 Mixed Czechoslovak Individual Championships 1 Petr Lacina / Naďa Benešová
1963 Mixed Czechoslovak Individual Championships 1 Petr Lacina / Naďa Benešová
1967 Men's singles Czechoslovak Individual Championships 1 Petr Lacina
1968 Men's doubles Czechoslovak Individual Championships 1 Petr Lacina / Jiří Král
1969 Men's singles Czechoslovak Individual Championships 1 Petr Lacina
1971 Men's doubles Czechoslovak Individual Championships 1 Petr Lacina / Ladislav Šrámek
1971 Men's singles Czechoslovak Individual Championships 1 Petr Lacina
1973 Men's doubles Czechoslovak Individual Championships 1 Petr Lacina / Ladislav Šrámek
1973 Men's singles Czechoslovak Individual Championships 1 Petr Lacina
1974 Men's doubles Czechoslovak Individual Championships 1 Petr Lacina / Ladislav Šrámek
1974 Men's singles Czechoslovak Individual Championships 1 Petr Lacina
1975 Men's doubles Austrian International 3 Petr Lacina / Ladislav Šramek
1975 Men's singles Austrian International 3 Petr Lacina
1975 Mixed Austrian International 3 Petr Lacina / Taťána Pravdová
1975/1976 Mixed International Werner Seelenbinder Memorial Tournament 3 Petr Lacina / Taťána Pravdová
1976 Men's singles Czechoslovak Individual Championships 1 Petr Lacina
1976 Mixed Czechoslovak Individual Championships 1 Petr Lacina / Tatjana Pravdová
1977 Men's doubles Czechoslovak Individual Championships 1 Petr Lacina / Konstantin Holobradý

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