Karel Šula (born 30 June 1959) is a retired
Slovak shot put
The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...
ter.
He finished thirteenth at the
1984 European Indoor Championships, fifth at the
1988 European Indoor Championships and the
1989 European Indoor Championships,
ninth at the
1989 World Indoor Championships, twelfth at the
1990 European Indoor Championships,
and competed at the
1991 World Championships without reaching the final.
His personal best throw was 20.71 metres, achieved in June 1988 in
Prague
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. Indoors he had 20.94 metres, achieved in January 1989 in
Bratislava
Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. ...
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References
1959 births
Living people
Czechoslovak male shot putters
Slovak male shot putters
World Athletics Championships athletes for Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovak Athletics Championships winners
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