Tomáš Dvořák
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Tomáš Dvořák (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtomaːʃ ˈdvor̝aːk]), born 11 May 1972 in Gottwaldov (now Zlín), Czechoslovakia, is an athlete from the Czech Republic. He competed in the decathlon and heptathlon for the team Dukla Prague. He is a three-time decathlon world champion (1997, 1999, 2001) and a former world record holder (8,994 points scored in Prague, 1999[1]), which is still the fifth best performance of all-time. This record was broken by Dvořák's compatriot Roman Šebrle in 2001. Dvořák is the only athlete to score over 8,900 points three times.
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Tomáš Dvořák | ||
Medal record | ||
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Men's athletics | ||
Representing Czech Republic | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1996 Atlanta | Decathlon | |
World Championships | ||
1997 Athens | Decathlon | |
1999 Seville | Decathlon | |
2001 Edmonton | Decathlon | |
World Indoor Championships | ||
1995 Barcelona | Heptathlon | |
European Indoor Championships | ||
2000 Ghent | Heptathlon | |
1996 Stockholm | Heptathlon | |
2002 Vienna | Heptathlon |
Dvořák announced his retirement in July 2008, after he failed to qualify for the Beijing Olympics. He now works as an athletic coach.