Milan Mikuláš (born 1 April 1963 in

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) is a retired

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

er who represented

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during his active career. His personal best jump is 17.53 metres, achieved in July 1988 in

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. This is the current Czech record

His personal best in

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

is 8.25 metres. He won the bronze medal at the

1989 European Indoor Championships in Athletics The 1989 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at Houtrust in The Hague, Netherlands, on 18 and 19 February 1989. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Participating nations * (8) * (13) * (11) * (4) * (15) * (3) * (9) * (12) * ...

and finished fifth at the

1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2nd IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Budapest Sportcsarnok in Budapest, Hungary from March 3 to March 5, 1989. There were a total number of 373 participating athletes from 62 countries. Results Men 1985 , 1987 , ...

. He also competed at the

1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 3rd IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo in Seville, Spain from March 8 to March 10, 1991. It was the first Indoor Championships to include relay races as well as women's triple ...

and the 1993 World Championships without reaching the final.

International competitions

¹No mark in the final

References

* 1963 births Living people Czech male triple jumpers Czechoslovak male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia World Athletics Championships athletes for the Czech Republic Sportspeople from Trnava Athletes from the Trnava Region Czechoslovak Athletics Championships winners {{Czech-athletics-bio-stub