Rastislav Trtík (6 March 1961 – 1 October 2024) was a Czech handball player and coach. As a player, he won the Czechoslovak championship. As a coach he won Czech and Slovak championships and coached the Czech national handball team.
Biography
Early life
Rastislav Trtík was born on 6 March 1961 in
Košice
Košice is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of approximately 230,000, Košice is the second-largest cit ...
.
Playing career
As a handball player, Trtík developed in the team VSŽ Košice, for which he played in all junior categories as well as the senior team, with which he won the Czechoslovak championship. At the age of 19, he moved to Ostrava, where he studied at the university and played for Baník Ostrava and Baník Karviná. He also represented Czechoslovakia at international competitions.
After the
Dissolution of Czechoslovakia
The dissolution of Czechoslovakia, which took effect on December 31, 1992, was the Self-determination, self-determined Partition (politics), partition of the federal republic of Fifth Czechoslovak Republic, Czechoslovakia into the independent ...
, he opted for the Czech citizenship.
Coaching career
Trtík's first coaching job was at Baník Karviná, which he coached from 1994 to 1997. Under his leadership, the team placed second twice in the Czech league. Between 1997 and 2003 he coached SKP Frýdek-Místek team. In his final year, he led the club to the first victory in the Czech league in its history. From 2004 to 2006, he coached the German team
MT Melsungen
MT Melsungen is a German handball team from Melsungen, Germany, that plays in the Handball-Bundesliga.
History
From 1992 to 2005, the team played in the 2. Handball-Bundesliga and finished third twice (in 1997/98 and 2003/2004). In the 20 ...
, which he led to promotion to the first German league. In addition, he parallelly coached the Czech national team.
In 2008, he again coached Karviná, leading it to the league title. From 2008 to 2011, he coached
HT Tatran Prešov
HT Tatran Prešov is a handball club from Prešov, Slovakia, that plays in the Niké Handball Extraliga and EHF European League.
History
The official establishment of the club begins in 1952 under the name Slavia CSSA. In 1954, Tatran succes ...
, leading it to three league championships in a row.
Following stints with Karviná (2011-2012) and
HC Empor Rostock (2012-2014), he returned to Prešov, which he led to two more league victories in 2016 and 2017. From 2017 to 2019 he led the Polish team
Górnik Zabrze
Górnik Zabrze Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Górnik Zabrze S.A. or simply Górnik Zabrze (), is a Polish association football, football club from Zabrze. Górnik is one of the most successful Polish football clubs in history, winning ...
.
His final professional coaching job was with the Czech national team from 2021 to 2022.
In the final years, Trtík suffered from health problems, which limited him to coaching junior teams.
Death
Rastislav Trtík died on 1 October 2024 at the age of 63 after a long illness.
References
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1961 births
2024 deaths
Czech handball coaches
Slovak male handball players
Czech male handball players
Handball players from Košice