Ondřej Pukl (28 May 1876 in Křenična – 9 February 1936 in Prague) was a

Bohemia Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...

track and field athlete Track and field is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of ...

who competed at the

1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1900, link=no), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad () and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 1 ...

in Paris, France. Pukl competed in the 800 metres. He placed fourth or fifth in his first-round (semifinals) heat and did not advance to the final. In the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

, Pukl finished somewhere in the bottom third of the nine-man, single-round race.

References

External links

* * De Wael, Herman. ''Herman's Full Olympians'': "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically a

* 1876 births 1936 deaths Czech male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Bohemia Athletes (track and field) at the 1900 Summer Olympics People from Příbram District {{czechRepublic-athletics-bio-stub