Vladimír Maška (born 6 February 1973 in

Děčín Děčín (; ) is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It is the seventth largest municipality in the country by area. Děčín is an important traffic junction. Administrative division Děč ...

) is a male

hammer throw The hammer throw (HT for short) is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track-and-field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and Javelin throw, javelin. The hammer used in this sport is not like any of the tools a ...

er from the

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. His personal best throw is 81.28 metres, achieved in May 1999 in

Pacov Pacov (; ) is a town in Pelhřimov District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,700 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban mo ...

. He finished twelfth at the 1999 World Championships in Seville and eighth at the

2000 Olympic Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

in Sydney.

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* 1973 births Living people Czech male hammer throwers Czechoslovak male hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic Sportspeople from Děčín Athletes from the Ústí nad Labem Region Czech Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{CzechRepublic-athletics-bio-stub