Ondřej Macík (born 12 January 2001) is a track and field athlete from the Czech Republic who competes as a sprinter. In 2023, he became Czech national champion over

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both indoor and outdoor, and became the Czech national record holder over 200 metres outdoors. He competed at the

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Career

Macík was inspired to take up athletics after watching

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at the

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. Macík trains with Dukla Prague, whose members include Olympic snowboard cross champion

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. In June 2023 Macík was a finalist at the

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, Finland. In July 2023, he broke the Czech national record for the 200 metres, running 20.39 in

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. Competing at the

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, Hungary in August 2023, he reached the semifinals with a run of 20.40 seconds in the qualifying heats. In November 2023, he was pronounced Newcomer athlete (track and field) of the year within Czechia and placed eleventh overall in the vote for all athletes. He ran as part of the Czech 4x100m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in

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. He competed in the 200m at the

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where he ran 21.03 in his qualifying heat and 21.-4 seconds in the repechage round, but did not progress to the semi-finals. He finished runner-up over 200 metres at the Czech Indoor Athletics Championships in

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in February 2025, running a time of 20.79 seconds to finish behind Tomáš Němejc. In June 2025, he was part of the Czech men's 4 x 100 metres relay team which set a new senior national record, whilst competing at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid; running 38.59 seconds alongside Zdeněk Stromšík, Eduard Kubelík and Němejc.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Macik, Ondrej 2001 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Czech male sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for the Czech Republic Czech Athletics Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic 21st-century Czech sportsmen