Martin Kučera
Slovak hurdler (born 1990)
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Born | (1990-05-10) 10 May 1990 (age 34) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Comenius University[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Vladimír Bezdíček | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Martin Kučera (born 10 May 1990 in Bratislava) is a Slovak athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.[4] He won the gold medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade.
His personal best in the event is 49.08 seconds set in Amsterdam in 2016.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 25th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 51.50 |
2013 | Universiade | Kazan, Russia | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 49.79 |
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 7th | 400 m hurdles | 49.82 |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 44th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 51.47 | |
2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 18th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 50.30 |
2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 45th (h) | 400 m | 48.44 |
2022 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 18th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 50.82 |
15th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:06.98 |
References
- ^ RTVS Rio 2016 bio
- ^ 2013 Universiade bio
- ^ Rio 2016 bio
- ^ Martin Kučera at World Athletics
External links
- Martin Kučera at the Slovenský Olympijský Výbor (in Slovak)
- Martin Kučera at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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World University Games champions in men's 400 metres hurdles
- 1959:
Salvatore Morale (ITA)
- 1961:
Salvatore Morale (ITA)
- 1963:
Roberto Frinolli (ITA)
- 1965:
Roberto Frinolli (ITA)
- 1967:
Ron Whitney (USA)
- 1970:
Larry James (USA)
- 1973:
Dmitriy Stukalov (URS)
- 1975:
Rolf Ziegler (FRG)
- 1977:
Tom Andrews (USA)
- 1979:
Harry Schulting (NED)
- 1981:
David Lee (USA)
- 1983:
Aleksandr Kharlov (URS)
- 1985:
Tagir Zemskov (URS)
- 1987:
David Patrick (USA)
- 1989:
Reggie Davis (USA)
- 1991:
Derrick Adkins (USA)
- 1993:
Derrick Adkins (USA)
- 1995:
Kazuhiko Yamazaki (JPN)
- 1997:
Llewellyn Herbert (RSA)
- 1999:
Paweł Januszewski (POL)
- 2001:
Alwyn Myburgh (RSA)
- 2003:
Thomas Kortbeek (NED)
- 2005:
Kenji Narisako (JPN)
- 2007:
Petrus Koekemoer (RSA)
- 2009:
Tristan Thomas (AUS)
- 2011:
Jeshua Anderson (USA)
- 2013:
Martin Kučera (SVK)
- 2015:
Thomas Barr (IRL)
- 2017:
Juander Santos (DOM)
- 2019:
Alison dos Santos (BRA)
- 2021:
Peng Ming-yang (TPE)
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