Å tÄ›pán TesaÅ™Ãk (born 6 July 1978 in
Prague
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) is a
Czech
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athlete who specializes in the
400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Summer Olympics, Olympic Sport of athletics, athletics programme since 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900 for men and since 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 for women.
On a ...
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He finished sixth at the
2002 European Championships. In
4 × 400 metres relay
The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track and field, track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap, totaling 1600 meters. It is traditionally the final event of ...
he won the gold medal at the
2000 European Indoor Championships and finished fourth at the
2002 European Championships.
His personal best 400 metres hurdles time is 49.09 seconds, achieved in August 2003 in
Szombathely
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Szombathely (; ; also see #Etymology, names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas County in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by the streams ''Perint'' and '' ...
.
Å tÄ›pán TesaÅ™Ãk is a grandson of World War II hero
Richard TesaÅ™Ãk.
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1978 births
Living people
Czech male hurdlers
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic
Athletes from Prague
21st-century Czech sportsmen
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