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Czech hurdler
Petr Svoboda (Czech pronunciation:
[ˈpɛtr̩ ˈsvoboda] ; born 10 October 1984 in
Třebíč ,
Czechoslovakia ) is a
Czech
track and field athlete, competing in the
sprint hurdles . He currently holds national records in both
110 metres hurdles (13.27, 2010)
[1] and
60 metres hurdles (7.44, 2010). On 6 March he won a bronze medal at the
2009 European Indoor Championships in
Torino .
Biography
After breaking the national record for the 110m hurdles, he went to the
2010 European Athletics Championships in
Barcelona later that year as one of the favourites. However, the gold went to
Andy Turner as Svoboda, having led with 30 metres to go, collided badly with a hurdle, and went on to finish in a disappointing 6th place.
On 4 March 2011, Svoboda won the gold medal in the 60m hurdles at the
2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships . Although Turner decided against competing, Svoboda beat Frenchman
Garfield Darien who has to settle for a second silver to match the one he won in Barcelona.
On 21 September 2012 he married the
pole vaulter
Jiřina Ptáčníková ,
[2] however the couple divorced in 2014.
[3]
In 2011, Svoboda suffered a heel injury, which interrupted his career for next three years. In May 2014, he announced return to professional athletics.
Achievements
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
2001
World Youth Championships
Debrecen, Hungary
26th (q)
Long jump
6.71 m
2002
World Junior Championships
Kingston ,
Jamaica
36th (h)
100 m
10.79 (wind: +1.5 m/s)
—
110 m hurdles
DNF
2003
European Junior Championships
Tampere, Finland
11th (sf)
110 m hurdles
14.60
2005
European Indoor Championships
Madrid, Spain
–
Heptathlon
DNF
European U23 Championships
Erfurt, Germany
17th (sf)
110 m hurdles
14.19 w (wind: +2.3 m/s)
2007
European Indoor Championships
Birmingham, United Kingdom
11th (sf)
60 m hurdles
7.80
2008
World Indoor Championships
Valencia, Spain
16th (sf)
60 m hurdles
7.81
Olympic Games
Beijing, China
14th (sf)
110 m hurdles
13.60
2009
European Indoor Championships
Turin, Italy
3rd
60 m hurdles
7.61
World Championships
Berlin, Germany
6th
110 m hurdles
13.38
2010
World Indoor Championships
Doha, Qatar
5th
60 m hurdles
7.58
European Championships
Barcelona, Spain
6th
110 m hurdles
13.57
2011
European Indoor Championships
Paris, France
1st
60 m hurdles
7.49
2014
European Championships
Zürich, Switzerland
5th
110 m hurdles
13.63
2015
European Indoor Championships
Prague, Czech Republic
8th
60 m hurdles
7.67
World Championships
Beijing, China
23rd (sf)
110 m hurdles
13.67
2016
Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro
18th (sf)
110 m hurdles
13.67
2017
European Indoor Championships
Belgrade ,
Serbia
3rd
60 m hurdles
7.53
2018
World Indoor Championships
Birmingham, United Kingdom
11th (sf)
60 m hurdles
7.64
2022
World Indoor Championships
Belgrade, Serbia
23rd (sf)
60 m hurdles
7.71
World Championships
Eugene, United States
28th (h)
110 m hurdles
13.65
2024
World Indoor Championships
Glasgow, United Kingdom
–
60 m hurdles
DNF
References
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