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Czech decathlete
Jiří Sýkora
Jiří Sýkora in 2022
Born (1995-01-20 ) 20 January 1995 (age 29)
Třebíč ,
Czech Republic Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
[1] Weight 91 kg (201 lb) Sport
Athletics Event
Decathlon Club PSK Olymp Praha
[2] Coached by Pavel Svoboda
Jiří Sýkora (born 20 January 1995 in
Třebíč ) is a
Czech athlete competing in the
combined events .
[3] He represented his country at the
2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where he finished last after scoring no points in the pole vault and 1500 metres. In addition he won the gold medal at the
2014 World Junior Championships . He is also the former
world record holder in the junior decathlon.
International competitions
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing the
Czech Republic
2011
World Youth Championships
Lille, France
7th
Decathlon (U18)
5823 pts
European Youth Olympic Festival
Trabzon, Turkey
8th
Long jump
6.86 m
2013
European Junior Championships
Rieti, Italy
–
Long jump
NM
2014
World Junior Championships
Eugene, United States
1st
Decathlon (U20)
8135 pts
European Championships
Zürich, Switzerland
–
Decathlon
DNF
2015
European U23 Championships
Tallinn, Estonia
–
Decathlon
DNF
2016
European Championships
Amsterdam, Netherlands
–
Decathlon
DNF
Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
25th
Decathlon
6237 pts
2017
European Indoor Championships
Belgrade, Serbia
10th
Heptathlon
5902 pts
European U23 Championships
Bydgoszcz, Poland
1st
Decathlon
8084 pts
2019
European Indoor Championships
Glasgow, United Kingdom
9th
Heptathlon
5016 pts
2021
Olympic Games
Tokyo, Japan
17th
Decathlon
7943 pts
2022
World Championships
Eugene, United States
13th
Decathlon
8107 pts
European Championships
Munich, Germany
–
Decathlon
DNF
Personal bests
References