Karel Bláha (born 1 June 1975) is a retired
Czech
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athlete specialising in the
400 meter dash.
His best individual outing was the seventh place at the
2002 European Championships. In addition, he represented his country at the
2001 World Championships where he narrowly missed the semifinals despite equaling his personal best in the heats.
He won the gold medal 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 ...
at the
2000 European Indoor Championships, setting the new
national record.
Competition record
Personal bests
Outdoor
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200 metres
The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ...
– 21.20 (+1.6 m/s) (Kladno 2006)
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400 metres
The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...
– 45.82 (Plzeň 2000)
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800 metres
The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...
– 1:49.38 (Turnov 2001)
Indoor
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60 metres
60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At indoor events, the 60 metres is run on lanes set out in the mi ...
– 7.02 (Prague 2004)
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200 metres
The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ...
– 22.07 (Prague 2004)
*
400 metres
The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...
– 46.39 (Stuttgart 2000)
References
CAS profile
1975 births
Living people
Czech male sprinters
Czech Athletics Championships winners
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