Miroslav Klásek (8 February 1913 – 18 June 1976) was a Czech

athlete An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...

. He competed in the men's pole vault at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

. Immediately prior to this, Klásek set a new national record in the event, which gained him selection for the Olympics.

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* 1913 births 1976 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Czech male pole vaulters Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia Place of birth missing {{CzechRepublic-athletics-bio-stub