Pavel Soukup

Pavel Soukup (born 2 January 1971) is a retired Czech middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres.[1] He is best known for winning bronze medals at the 1995 World Indoor Championships and the 1995 Summer Universiade. In addition, he competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as two World Championships.

Pavel Soukup
Personal information
NationalityCzech
Born (1971-01-02) 2 January 1971
Stod, Czechoslovakia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight70 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportRunning
Event(s)800 metres
ClubUSK Praha

His personal bests in the event are 1:45.37 outdoors (Nürnberg 1997) and 1:46.38 indoors (Ludwigshafen 1995).

Personal life

Soukup was born on 2 January 1971 in Stod,[2] but was raised in Tlučná.[3]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Czechoslovakia
1989 European Junior Championships Varaždin, Yugoslavia 7th 800 m 1:51.55
4 × 400 m relay DNF
1990 World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 12th (sf) 800 m 1:49.60
15th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:11.85
1991 Universiade Sheffield, United Kingdom 5th 800 m 1:47.68
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 22nd (h) 800 m 1:51.53
Representing the  Czech Republic
1993 Universiade Buffalo, United States 25th (h) 800 m 1:51.52
1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 3rd 800 m 1:47.74
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 27th (h) 800 m 1:48.32
Universiade Fukuoka, Japan 3rd 800 m 1:48.15
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 32nd (h) 800 m 1:47.67
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 10th (sf) 800 m 1:48.73
World Championships Athens, Greece 33rd (h) 800 m 1:48.16

References

  1. Pavel Soukup at World Athletics
  2. Sports-Reference profile
  3. "1996: TJ Tlučná" (in Czech). Obec Tlučná. Retrieved 2023-07-28.


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