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Adam Ptáčník (; born 4 December 1985 in
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) is a Czech amateur track cyclist. He shared the men's sprint title with
Tomáš Bábek Tomáš Bábek (born 4 June 1987) is a Czech track cyclist. He shared the men's sprint title with Adam Ptáčník and Denis Špička at the Czech Track Cycling Championships, and later represented the Czech Republic at the 2008 Summer Olympics. ...
and
Denis Špička Denis Špička (born 29 August 1988 in Ústí nad Orlicí) is a Czech cyclist. He competed in the keirin and men's team sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics (finishing 13th and 11th respectively), and the keirin race at the 2012 Summer Olympic ...
at the Czech Track Cycling Championships, and later represented the
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at the
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. Ptacnik also won two bronze medals each in
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and team sprint at the 2005 European Junior Championships in
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,
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. Ptacnik qualified for the Czech squad in two track cycling events at the
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in
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by receiving one of the team's three available berths based on
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's selection process from the Track World Rankings. In the men's team sprint, held on the first day of the program, Ptacnik and his teammates Babek and Spicka battled in an opening heat against the U.S. trio of Michael Blatchford, Giddeon Massie, and
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with an eleventh-place time in 45.678 and an average speed of 59.109 km/h, failing to advance further to the top eight match round. Two days later, in the men's sprint, Ptacnik narrowly missed out the round-of-sixteen matchup by a four-thousandth second margin on the morning prelims in 10.569, finishing nineteenth overall in the process. At the
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in
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,
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, Ptacnik overhauled the French duo
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and Michael D'Almeida on the final stretch to grab the bronze medal in men's Keirin.


Career highlights

;2003 * European Junior Championships (Team sprint),
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(RUS) ;2005 * Czech Track Cycling Championships (1 km time trial),
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(CZE) * Czech Track Cycling Championships (Sprint),
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(CZE) * European Junior Championships (Keirin),
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(ITA) * European Junior Championships (Team sprint),
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(ITA) * Stage 1,
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(1 km time trial),
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(RUS) ;2008 * Czech Track Cycling Championships (Team sprint with
Tomáš Bábek Tomáš Bábek (born 4 June 1987) is a Czech track cyclist. He shared the men's sprint title with Adam Ptáčník and Denis Špička at the Czech Track Cycling Championships, and later represented the Czech Republic at the 2008 Summer Olympics. ...
and
Denis Špička Denis Špička (born 29 August 1988 in Ústí nad Orlicí) is a Czech cyclist. He competed in the keirin and men's team sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics (finishing 13th and 11th respectively), and the keirin race at the 2012 Summer Olympic ...
),
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(CZE) * 11th
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(
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with Tomáš Bábek and Denis Špička),
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(CHN) * 19th
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),
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(CHN) ;2010 *
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(Keirin),
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(POL) * 12th
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(Team sprint),
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(DEN) * 26th
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(Keirin),
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(DEN) * 33rd
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(Sprint),
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(DEN) ;2011 * Czech Track Cycling Championships (Team sprint),
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(CZE) * Czech Track Cycling Championships (Sprint),
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(CZE) * Czech Track Cycling Championships (Keirin),
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(CZE) ;2013 * Czech Track Cycling Championships (Keirin),
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(CZE)


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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ptacnik, Adam 1985 births Living people Czech male cyclists Czech track cyclists Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for the Czech Republic Sportspeople from Pardubice Cyclists from the Pardubice Region 21st-century Czech sportsmen