Tomáš Dvořák

Tomáš Dvořák
Tomáš Dvořák in Helsinki in 2005
nation	Czech Republic
birthday	May 11, 1972
place of birth	Gottwaldov
size	186 cm
Weight	90 kg
Career
discipline	Decathlon
Best performance	8994 points
status	resigned
End of career	2008
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 0 × 1 × World championships 3 × 0 × 0 × Indoor world championships 0 × 1 × 0 × European Indoor Championships 1 × 2 × 0 ×
Olympic games bronze Atlanta 1996 Decathlon  World championships gold Athens 1997 Decathlon gold Seville 1999 Decathlon gold Edmonton 2001 Decathlon  Indoor world championships silver Barcelona 1995 Decathlon  European Indoor Championships silver Stockholm 1996 Heptathlon gold Ghent 2000 Heptathlon silver Vienna 2002 Heptathlon

Tomáš Dvořák ([ ˈtɔmaːʃ ˈdvɔr̝aːk ], born May 11, 1972 in Gottwaldov ) is a former Czech decathlete . He is a three-time world champion.

Life

Dvořák started the decathlon in 1990 when he was drafted into the Czech military . His breakthrough was winning the bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta behind the German Frank Busemann . 1997 in Athens , 1999 in Seville and 2001 in Edmonton he was then world champion in the decathlon three times in a row. In between there was a disappointment at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney , where he was only sixth.

After numerous injuries, he came back to the 2003 World Championships in Paris / Saint-Denis , but did not win a medal in fourth place. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens he tried again to win the longed-for Olympic gold, but was injured on the first day after the 100-meter run .

On July 3rd and 4th, 1999 Tomáš Dvořák improved the world record of the American Dan O'Brien by over 100 points to 8994 points at the all- around European Cup in Prague . Since he was only fixated on the time it took to break the world record, he was already cheering on the last few meters. As a result, he missed the chance to be the first decathlete to exceed the 9000 point limit according to the point table that has been in effect since 1985. His compatriot Roman Šebrle succeeded in doing this two years later .

Tomáš Dvořák is a sports teacher by profession, is married and has three daughters. The Czech footballer Pavel Nedvěd trained with him and his methods for years and made his international breakthrough.

Awards

• Europe's athlete of the year 1999
• Europe's athlete of the year 1999

literature

• zurgams (Ed.): Time leaps . 35 years of the Mösle all-around meeting in Götzis. Bucher Verlag, Hohenems 2009, ISBN 978-3-902679-23-9 .

Web links

Commons : Tomáš Dvořák  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Tomáš Dvořák in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Tomáš Dvořák in the database of World Athletics (English)