Tomáš Kratochvíl (born 19 December 1971, in

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) is a retired

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race walker Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...

who represented the club

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. In 1995 he participated at the 1995 World Championships (20 km), but was disqualified. He also finished 34th at the

1995 IAAF World Race Walking Cup The 1995 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 29 and 30 April 1995 in the streets of Beijing, China. The event was also known as ''IAAF/Reebok World Race Walking Cup''. Complete results were published. Medallists Results Men's 20 km T ...

. In 1996 he finished 48th at the

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(20 km). He also competed at the 1997 IAAF World Race Walking Cup. He became Czech champion in 1997 (20 km).

References

1971 births Living people Czech male race walkers Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic Athletes from Prague Czech Athletics Championships winners {{CzechRepublic-athletics-bio-stub