Jiří Dadák
Jiří Dadák (7 March 1926 – 6 March 2014)[1] was a Czechoslovak athlete who specialized in hammer throw. He was born in Valašské Meziříčí. He won a bronze medal in the 1950 European Athletics Championships in Brussels. Two years later, he represented Czechoslovakia at the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he finished fourth with a result of 56.81 meters.[2] He took part in the 1954 European Athletics Championships in Bern, Switzerland, finishing in the ninth place (55.66 m).[3]
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Czechoslovak Olympic athlete who specialized in the hammer throw
Czechoslovak Olympic athlete who specialized in the hammer throw
At the Summer Olympics in Helsinki
References[]
- ^ Jiří Dadák's obituary (in Czech)
- ^ (in English) Profile at sports-reference.com Archived 2014-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Men Hammer Throw at 1954 Bern European Championship". Archived from the original on 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
Categories:
- 1926 births
- 2014 deaths
- Czechoslovak male hammer throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Czechoslovakia
- People from Valašské Meziříčí
- Czech athletics biography stubs