Vítězslav Veselý () (born 27 February 1983) is a Czech

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er. He won two bronze medals at the Olympic games, in

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Career

He finished ninth at the 2002 World Junior Championships. He threw a personal best throw of 81.20 metres during the qualifying round at the

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and finished twelfth in the final. He was less successful at his first World Championships in Athletics the following year, failing to make the final with a throw of 75.76 m. Veselý improved his personal best by more than five metres at a meeting in

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in May 2010, throwing a world leading mark of 86.45 m. He was ninth at the 2010 European Athletics Championships that year. He came close to a major medal with a fourth-place finish at the

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. He had his second best ever throw at the

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meet, winning with a mark of 85.40 m. At the

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, Veselý threw a new personal best of 88.34 m to improve his world lead; in the final, however, his last throw of 83.34 m was only good enough for 4th place. In 2017, following the disqualification of

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due to doping, Veselý was awarded the bronze medal. In 2013 Veselý won the

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with a mark of 87.17 meters, only 10 cm ahead of Tero Pitkämäki. With this result he became the second Czech world champion in men's javelin throw beside

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. During 2014 he wasn't able to defend his title at the

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: Veselý finished second with 84.79 m behind Antti Ruuskanen, who was in his best form in the final, reaching 88.01 m at the third round.

Achievements

Seasonal bests by year

*2002 – 73.22 *2006 – 75.98 *2007 – 79.45 *2008 – 81.20 *2009 – 80.35 *2010 – 86.45 *2011 – 84.11 *2012 – 88.34 *2013 – 87.58 *2014 – 87.38 *2015 – 88.18 *2016 – 84.82 *2017 – 82.29 *2018 – 82.30 *2019 – 82.85 *2020 – 83.03 *2021 – 85.44 *2022 – 85.97

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vesely, Vitezslav 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Hodonín Athletes from the South Moravian Region Czech male javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for the Czech Republic World Athletics Championships medalists Diamond League winners World Athletics Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists for the Czech Republic 21st-century Czech sportsmen