Jiří Dadák (7 March 1926 in Valašské Meziříčí – 6 March 2014)Jiří Dadák's obituary
was a

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athlete who specialized in

hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consis ...

Career

Dadák won a bronze medal in the

1950 European Athletics Championships The 4th European Athletics Championships were held from 23 August to 27 August 1950 in the Heysel Stadium of the Belgian capital Brussels. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. Men's results Complete results ...

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. Two years later, he represented Czechoslovakia at the Summer Olympics in

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, where he finished fourth with a result of 56.81 meters. He took part in the

1954 European Athletics Championships The 5th European Athletics Championships were held at Stadion Neufeld from 25–29 August 1954 in the Swiss capital Bern. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. Medal summary Complete results were publis ...

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, Switzerland, finishing in the ninth place (55.66 m).

Gallery

Jiri Dadak portrait.JPG, Portrait of Jiří Dadák Jiri Dadak.JPG, Jiří Dadák during the competition Czechoslovakian 1952 Olympic team.JPG, At the Summer Olympics in Helsinki

References

1926 births 2014 deaths Czechoslovak male hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia Sportspeople from Valašské Meziříčí {{CzechRepublic-athletics-bio-stub