Vítězslav Veselý
Vítězslav Veselý 
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 Czech Republic
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| birthday | 27th February 1983 (age 37) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Hodonín , Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| size | 186 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| discipline | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best performance | 88.34 m (August 8, 2012 in London ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| society | TJ Dukla Praha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trainer | Jan Železný | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| status | active | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| last change: August 10, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vítězslav Veselý (born February 27, 1983 in Hodonín , ČSSR ) is a Czech athlete who specializes in throwing the javelin .
Athletic career
Vítězslav Veselý gained his first international experience in 2002 when he finished ninth at the Junior World Championships in Kingston with a width of 68.76 m. In 2008 he approached the 80-meter mark for the first time and qualified for the first time for the Olympic Games in Beijing , where he reached the final with a new personal best of 81.20 m , but in which he was twelfth with 76.76 m and thus took last place. The following year he took part in the World Championships in Berlin , but retired there with 75.76 m in qualification. In 2010 he reached the final at the European Championships in Barcelona and was ninth there with a width of 77.83 m. In the same year on May 8th in Olomouc he achieved his personal best of 86.45 m.
In 2011 he reached the finals at the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea , where he finished fourth with a season best of 84.11 m. In 2012 he achieved a new personal best of 88.11 m at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo . Only three weeks later he won the European Championships in Helsinki with a throw of 83.72 m. With his achievements he qualified again for the Olympic Games in London , where he achieved a new best in qualification with 88.34 m, which also meant an annual world best and 21st place in the all-time world best list at that time . In the final he won the bronze medal with a width of 83.34 m behind Keshorn Walcott from Trinidad and Tobago and the Finn Antti Ruuskanen . The Ukrainian Oleksandr Pjatnyzja , who instead of Veselý was honored as the third-placed winner during the games, was able to prove in retrospect that he had taken illegal substances. Pyatnytsya was therefore stripped of the title in August 2016.
In 2013 Vesely won several Diamond League meetings and was once again considered a candidate for a medal for the World Championships in Moscow , where he secured the world title with 87.17 m in his first attempt. In the following year he won the silver medal behind the Finn Ruskannen at the European Championships in Zurich with a distance of 84.79 m and was also second in the subsequent Continental Cup in Marrakech with 83.77 m, this time behind the Egyptian Ihab Abdelrahman . In 2015 he reached the final again at his fourth World Championships in Beijing , where he finished eighth with 83.13 m. In 2016 he won the silver medal again at the European Championships in Amsterdam with 83.59 m, this time behind the Latvian Zigismunds Sirmais . He qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where he reached seventh place with 82.51 m in the final .
In 2017 he was eliminated from the qualification at the World Championships in London with 75.50 m and although he qualified for the World Championships in Doha for two years, he did not start there at short notice.
In 2018, from 2010 to 2012 and 2016, Veselý was Czech champion in javelin throw. In 2012 and 2013 he secured the overall ranking of the Diamond League in the javelin throw.
Web links
- Vítězslav Veselý in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Vítězslav Veselý in the Olympedia.org database (English)
- Profile at the Czech Athletics Federation
Individual evidence
- ^ Mike Rowbottom: Approaching the 90-meter barrier, Vesely's rise continues ( English ) IAAF. June 8, 2012. Accessed August 10, 2020.
- ^ Because of doping: Pyatnytsia loses medal , Kicker online, on August 10, 2016; accessed on August 13, 2016
- ↑ Paul Gains: Vesely brings Javelin joy to Czech Republic again ( English ) IAAF. August 18, 2013. Accessed August 10, 2020.
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| SURNAME | Veselý, Vítězslav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech javelin thrower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hodonín , ČSSR |