Ivan Uvizl (born 16 August 1958) is a

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former long-distance runner. He was a bronze medallist at the

1985 IAAF World Indoor Games The World Indoor Games were arranged by the IAAF and held at the Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from January 18 to January 19, 1985. In 1987 the championship was renamed to the IAAF World Indoor Championships The World Athlet ...

and was a three-time Czechoslovak champion. He participated three times at the

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. He started running in the late 1970s and began to compete internationally shortly afterwards, including finishes of fifth at the

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and eighth at the

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.Ivan Uvizl
Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2016-02-20. He won his national titles in this period, taking the outdoor 5000 metres title in 1979 and 1982, then the indoor 3000 metres title in 1985.Czechoslovak Championships
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, where he claimed the bronze medal in the 3000 m with a run of 7:57.92 minutes. He was one of three Czechoslovak medallists there, alongside long jumper

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and shot putter Remigius Machura. The following year he made his debut at the

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, then was a 5000 m and

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finalist at the

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. He ran at only two more major international competitions after that, forming part of the national team for the

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and

1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Antwerp, Belgium, at the Linkeroever Racecourse on March 24, 1991. A report on the event was given in ''The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or th ...

. He topped the podium at the Paderborner Osterlauf in 1990, then in 1991 he won both the BIG 25 Berlin and

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races. He made his marathon debut in 1988 and set a lifetime best of the distance in 1992 at the Munich Marathon, timing 2:14:28 hours. He continued to compete in road races his later years, doing so as a veteran athlete into the 2000s. A number of his long-distance road personal bests remain Czech records: 44:42minutes for 15 km, 60:24 minutes for the 20 km, 20,114.2 m for the

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, and 75:28 minutes for the 25 km distance.Czech Records
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International competitions

National titles

* Czechoslovak Athletics Championships **5000 m: 1979, 1982 *Czechoslovak Indoor Championships **3000 m: 1985

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Uvizl, Ivan Living people 1958 births Czech male long-distance runners Czechoslovak male long-distance runners Czech male marathon runners Czechoslovak male marathon runners World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists