Tomáš Staněk (born 13 June 1991) is 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 ...

specialising in the

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

. He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships, finishing fourth. He won the silver medal at the 2017 European Indoor Championships. His personal bests in the event are 22.01 metres outdoors (Schönebeck 2017) and 22.17 indoors (Düsseldorf 2018).

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1991 births Living people Czech male shot putters World Athletics Championships athletes for the Czech Republic Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic Athletes from Prague Czech Athletics Championships winners European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists European Games competitors for the Czech Republic Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{CzechRepublic-athletics-bio-stub