Pavel Soukup (born 2 January 1971) is a retired

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who specialised in the

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. He is best known for winning bronze medals at the 1995 World Indoor Championships and the

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. In addition, he competed at the

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, as well as two World Championships. His personal bests in the event are 1:45.37 outdoors (Nürnberg 1997) and 1:46.38 indoors (Ludwigshafen 1995).

Personal life

Soukup was born on 2 January 1971 in Stod, but was raised in Tlučná.

Competition record

References

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