Ondřej Macík (born 12 January 2001) is a track and field athlete from the Czech Republic who competes as a sprinter. In 2023, he became Czech national champion over

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indoor and outdoor, and the Czech national record holder over 200 metres outdoors.

Career

Macík was inspired to take up athletics after watching

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at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships in

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. Macík trains with Dukla Prague, whose members include Olympic snowboard cross champion Eva Adamczyková. In June 2023 Macík was a finalist at the

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, Finland. In July 2023, he broke the Czech national record for the 200 metres, running 20.39 in

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. Competing at the

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, in August 2023, he reached the semifinals with a run of 20.40 seconds in the qualifying heats. In November 2023, he was pronounced Newcomer athlete (track and field) of the year of Czechia and overall, he placed 11th.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Macik, Ondrej 2001 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Czech male sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for the Czech Republic Czech Athletics Championships winners