Pavel Soukup (born 2 January 1971) is a retired
Czech
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middle-distance runner
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who specialised in the
800 metres
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. He is best known for winning bronze medals at the
1995 World Indoor Championships and the
1995 Summer Universiade
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. In addition, he competed at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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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
1971 births
Living people
Czech male middle-distance runners
Czechoslovak male middle-distance runners
World Athletics Championships athletes for the Czech Republic
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic
People from Stod
Competitors at the 1991 Summer Universiade
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Czech Republic
Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade
Sportspeople from the Plzeň Region
Czechoslovak Athletics Championships winners
Czech Athletics Championships winners
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