Tomáš Dvořák

For the Czech ice hockey player, see Tomas Dvorak (ice hockey).
Tomáš Dvořák

Tomáš Dvořák
Medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for  Czech Republic
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta Decathlon
World Championships
1997 Athens Decathlon
1999 Seville Decathlon
2001 Edmonton Decathlon
World Indoor Championships
1995 Barcelona Heptathlon
European Indoor Championships
2000 Ghent Heptathlon
1996 Stockholm Heptathlon
2002 Vienna Heptathlon

Tomáš Dvořák (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtomaːʃ ˈdvor̝aːk]) (born 11 May 1972 in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia) is an athlete from the Czech Republic. He competed in decathlon and heptathlon for the team Dukla Prague. He is a three-time decathlon world champion (1997, 1999, 2001) and a former world record holder (8,994 points scored in Prague, 1999), which is still the third best performance all-time. This world record was broken by Dvořák's compatriot Roman Šebrle in 2001. Dvořák is the only athlete to score over 8,900 points three times.

Dvořák announced retirement in July 2008, after he failed to qualify for the Beijing Olympics. He now works as an athletic coach.

List of results

Personal bests

Total: 9296 pts.

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Records
Preceded by
United States Dan O'Brien
Men's decathlon world record holder
4 July 1999 – 27 May 2001
Succeeded by
Czech Republic Roman Šebrle
Awards
Preceded by
Martin Doktor
Dominik Hašek
Czech Athlete of the Year
1997
1999
Succeeded by
Dominik Hašek
Jan Železný
Preceded by
United Kingdom Jonathan Edwards
Men's European Athlete of the Year
1999
Succeeded by
Czech Republic Jan Železný


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