Karel Kolář (16 December 1955 – 4 October 2017) was a

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

runner from the

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, who represented Czechoslovakia. He won two medals at the European Indoor Championships and two at the 1978 European Championships. He established the Indoor World record (400 m / 46.21 sec) at European Indoor Championships in

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* 1955 births 2017 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Czech male sprinters Czechoslovak male sprinters Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia European Athletics Championships medalists People from Jindřichův Hradec Sportspeople from the South Bohemian Region Czechoslovak Athletics Championships winners {{CzechRepublic-athletics-bio-stub