Michal Navrátil (; born 5 June 1985) is a Czech professional diver.

Personal life

Michal Navrátil was born in

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

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. His father introduced him to swimming competitions from the young age of five, he swam in the Nationals where he earned a 2nd-place finish in the 50m butterfly. As an born athlete also competed in

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competitions in club of Sparta Prague at the age of 10 after that he started his diver career in Sport Club USK Podolí where he earned a second-place finish in the Nationals on the 1 and 3 meter boards. In European competitions he was trained by Hana Novotná. Navrátil's favorite dive is the triple somersault with half twist from 28 meters.

Highdiving career

National Championships

Every last weekend of July and is located in the quarry of Hřiměždice in

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2002 1st place 12 and 16 meters
2003 2nd place 12 and 16 meters
2004 1st place 12 and 16 meters
2005 1st 16 meters
2006 2nd 12 meters
2007 1st place 12 and 16 meters
2009 1st place 12 and 16 meters

Mediterranean Championships - Marmeeting

This international sport event is located in

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, Italy and is every year in first Sunday of July.
2008 7th
2011 1st

European Championships

Located in a small valley in the Swiss Italian mountains in Ponte Brolla in Switzerland.
Presented by WHDF World High Diving Federation every year in finals of July.

Cliffdiving career

Started with the annual

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World Wide Series - Cliff Diving competition which draws hundreds of spectators to the sites around the world,
watchers hold their collective breath as the competitors take off from rocks and platforms set high on cliffs at 27 or 28 meters.

2011 World Wide Series

Qualification Results: 1st Australia -

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Results Stop 1: 5th

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Results Stop 2: 5th Mexico - Yucatan
Results Stop 3: 3rd Greece -

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Results Stop 4: 2nd France-

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Results Stop 5: 3rd Italy -

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Results Stop 6: 12th United States -

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Finals: 3rd

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World Series Standings 2011

Gary Hunt Gary Hunt (born 11 June 1984), also known as Roger Gary Hunt, is an elite sports diver, specialising in cliff or high diving, and is the 2019 World champion in high diving at World Aquatics Championships event, where he holds the championship r ...

GBR
2. Artem Silchenko RUS
3. Michal Navrátil CZE
4. Slava Polyeshchuk UKR
5. Cyrille Oumedjkane FRA
6. Alain Kohl LUX
7. Sacha Kutsenko UKR
8.

Orlando Duque Orlando Duque (born September 11, 1974 in Cali, Colombia) is a Colombian high diver. He won the first ever Gold medal in the sport at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a co ...

COL
9. Kent De Mond USA
10. Steven LoBue USA
11. Jorge Ferzuli MEX
12. Hassan Mouti FRA

Performing career

2009

He trained and performed for one year in

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Xiaomeisha Sea World in China.
China's leading marine-based theme park and entertainment complex that has attracted millions of visitors since opening in 1998.

2010

Gain contract with Royal Caribbean which is the most exclusive and largest luxury cruise lines in the world.
Performing in the diving and acrobatics show, Aqua Aria at the AquaTheater, the world first amphitheater at sea.

Cinematography career

Performed in mainstream movies :2004 ''Jedna ruka netleská'' :2008 '' Wanted'' :2008 '' Babylon A.D.''

References

External links

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WORLD HIGH DIVING FEDERATION
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