Personal information | |
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Nationality | Czech |
Born | Prague, Czech Republic | 13 May 2000
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Czech Republic |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 400 m |
Club | A. C. TEPO Kladno [1] |
Coached by | Miroslav Zahořák |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 400 m: 45.55 ( Hodonín 2022) |
Matěj Krsek (born 13 May 2000) is a Czech sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. He was a bronze medalist in the 4 × 400 metres mixed relay at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Ever since 2020, he has been the national champion in the 400 metres, earning the title four times consecutively.
Krsek was born on 13 May 2000 in Prague, Czech Republic. [2]
Krsek made his international debut at the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia. He finished in second place and won the silver medal in the 200 metres. The following year, he would return to Tbilisi for the 2016 European U18 Championships where he finished in seventh place in the 200 metres again.
He was an unused member of the Czech relay team at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. The following year, he lowered his 400m personal best to 45.55 seconds to win the Czech national title. [3] [4]
In March 2023, he finished fifth in the final of the 400 metres at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul. [5]
He was part of the Czech team that won the bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres mixed relay at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in a new national record time of 3:11.98. [6]
Selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, he reached the final of the men's 400 meters where he finished in sixth place. [7] He ran as part of the Czech 4x400m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. [8]
Information from his World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Czech |
Born | Prague, Czech Republic | 13 May 2000
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Czech Republic |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 400 m |
Club | A. C. TEPO Kladno [1] |
Coached by | Miroslav Zahořák |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 400 m: 45.55 ( Hodonín 2022) |
Matěj Krsek (born 13 May 2000) is a Czech sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. He was a bronze medalist in the 4 × 400 metres mixed relay at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Ever since 2020, he has been the national champion in the 400 metres, earning the title four times consecutively.
Krsek was born on 13 May 2000 in Prague, Czech Republic. [2]
Krsek made his international debut at the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia. He finished in second place and won the silver medal in the 200 metres. The following year, he would return to Tbilisi for the 2016 European U18 Championships where he finished in seventh place in the 200 metres again.
He was an unused member of the Czech relay team at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. The following year, he lowered his 400m personal best to 45.55 seconds to win the Czech national title. [3] [4]
In March 2023, he finished fifth in the final of the 400 metres at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul. [5]
He was part of the Czech team that won the bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres mixed relay at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in a new national record time of 3:11.98. [6]
Selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, he reached the final of the men's 400 meters where he finished in sixth place. [7] He ran as part of the Czech 4x400m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. [8]
Information from his World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.