Jiří Sýkora

Jiří Sýkora
Personal information
Born (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995
Třebíč, Czech Republic
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight 91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Decathlon
Club PSK Olymp Praha[2]
Coached by Pavel Svoboda

Jiří Sýkora (born 20 January 1995 in Třebíč) is a Czech athlete competing in the combined events.[3] He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where he finished last after scoring no points in the pole vault and 1500 metres. In addition he won the gold medal at the 2014 World Junior Championships. He is also the former world record holder in the junior decathlon.

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  Czech Republic
2011 World Youth Championships Lille, France 7th Decathlon (U18) 5823 pts
European Youth Olympic Festival Trabzon, Turkey 8th Long jump 6.86 m
2013 European Junior Championships Rieti, Italy – Long jump NM
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 1st Decathlon (U20) 8135 pts
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland – Decathlon DNF
2015 European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia – Decathlon DNF
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands – Decathlon DNF
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 25th Decathlon 6237 pts
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 10th Heptathlon 5902 pts
European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 1st Decathlon 8084 pts

Personal bests

References

  1. ↑ Rio 2016 bio Archived 2016-08-23 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Czech Athletics Federation profile
  3. ↑ Jiří Sýkora at IAAF


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