Jiří Valík (born 26 July 1966 in
Zábřeh
Zábřeh (; ) is a town in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 13,000 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Zábřeh consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
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) is a retired
Czech
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athlete who specialised in the
sprinting
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events.
He is best known for winning the bronze medal in the 60 metres at the
1990 European Indoor Championships. In addition, he competed at two indoor and one outdoor World Championships.
Competition record
Personal bests
Outdoor
*100 metres – 10.27 (+0.3 m/s Nitra 1992)
*200 metres – 20.81 (+0.4 m/s Drama 1987)
Indoor
*50 metres – 5.73 (Prague 1990)
NR
*60 metres – 6.63 (Glasgow 1990)
*200 metres – 21.18 (Genoa 1992)
References
All-Athletics profile
1966 births
Living people
People from Zábřeh
Czechoslovak male sprinters
Czech male sprinters
World Athletics Championships athletes for the Czech Republic
Athletes from the Olomouc Region
Czechoslovak Athletics Championships winners
Czech Athletics Championships winners
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