Arnošt Petráček

Arnošt Petráček (born 25 July 1991) is a Czech Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events. He specialises in backstroke swimming where he has won one Paralympic title in 2016, one World title including three silvers and two European titles.^[1][2][3]

Arnošt Petráček

Personal information
Nickname	Arny
Born	(1991-07-25) 25 July 1991 (age 33) Písek, Czechoslovakia
Home town	Lipno nad Vltavou, Czech Republic
Height	1.48 m (4 ft 10 in)
Sport
Country	Czech Republic
Sport	Paralympic swimming
Disability	Phocomelia in upper limbs and luxation of knee joints
Disability class	S4
Club	Para Plavani Praha
Medal record Paralympic swimming Representing  Czech Republic Paralympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 50m backstroke S4 2020 Tokyo 50m backstroke S4 2024 Paris 50 m backstroke S4 World Championships (LC) 2010 Eindhoven 50m butterfly S4 2017 Mexico City 50m backstroke S4 2022 Madeira 50m backstroke S4 2006 Durban 50m butterfly S4 2010 Eindhoven 50m backstroke S4 2013 Montreal 50m backstroke S4 2013 Montreal 50m butterfly S4 2019 London 50m backstroke S4 2023 Manchester 50m backstroke S4 World Championships (SC) 2009 Rio de Janeiro 50m backstroke S4 European Championships 2014 Eindhoven 50m backstroke S4 2018 Dublin 50m freestyle S4 2018 Dublin 50m backstroke S4 2014 Eindhoven 50m freestyle S4 2016 Funchal 50m backstroke S4

Career

In 2016, Petráček's portrait was minted onto Czech coins and was awarded these in Jablonec nad Nisou because of his success at the 2016 Summer Paralympics along with Lukáš Krpálek who won an Olympic gold in judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was awarded the Medal of Merit for his services in the sport by mayor Jiří Svoboda.^[4][5][6]

References

1. "Petracek's journey to swimming gold took a year because of the earthquake (in Czech)". iDNES.cz. 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020.
2. "Arnost Petracek - Personal website". Arnost Petracek. 21 August 2020. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016.
3. "Arnost Petracek - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 21 August 2020.^{[dead link‍]}
4. "Krpalek and Petracek are gold again, this time on coins from Jablonec (in Czech)". iDNES.cz. 7 December 2016. Archived from the original on 8 September 2020.
5. "Olympic year of swimmer Arnost Petracek (in Czech)". Radio Zurnal. 5 August 2020. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020.
6. "Handicapped swimmer Arnost Petracek at the mayor's office (in Czech)". JcTED.cz. 12 January 2018.

External links

• Arnost Petracek at the International Paralympic Committee
• Arnošt Petráček at the Český Paralympijský Výbor [cs] (in Czech)