Tomáš Bábek

Tomáš Bábek
Personal information
Full name Tomáš Bábek
Born (1987-06-04) 4 June 1987
Brno, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Team information
Discipline Track
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter
Infobox last updated on
16 October 2013

Tomáš Bábek (born 4 June 1987 in Brno) is a Czech amateur track cyclist.[1] He shared the men's sprint title with Adam Ptáčník and Denis Špička at the Czech Track Cycling Championships, and later represented the Czech Republic at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2] On that same year, Babek also claimed the bronze medal in the 1 km time trial at the European Championships in Pruszków, Poland.[3]

Babek qualified for the Czech squad in the men's team sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving one of the team's three available berths based on UCI's selection process from the Track World Rankings.[4] Babek and his teammates Ptacnik and Spicka battled in an opening heat against the U.S. trio of Michael Blatchford, Giddeon Massie, and Adam Duvendeck with an eleventh-place time in 45.678 and an average speed of 59.109 km/h, failing to advance further to the top eight match round.[5]

Career highlights

2007
  • 1st Czech Track Cycling Championships (1 km time trial), Brno (CZE)
2008
2010
2012
  • 3rd Czech Track Cycling Championships (1 km time trial), Brno (CZE)
2013
  • 3rd Czech Track Cycling Championships (Keirin), Brno (CZE)

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