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. Skacha is also a member of the swimming team for Kometa Brno, and is trained by head coach Ondřej Butir. Škacha qualified for the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, as a member of the Czech Republic team, at the

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. Teaming with

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in heat two, Skacha anchored the last 50 metres to finish the race with a split of 1:52.35, but the Czechs settled only for seventh place and thirteenth overall in a final time of 7:26.26.

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External links

Profile – Sportovči Česká

Profile – Mladá fronta DNES
1983 births Living people Czech male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for the Czech Republic Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics People from Polička Sportspeople from the Pardubice Region {{CzechRepublic-swimming-bio-stub