Jakub Dudycha
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Czech |
| Born | 5 September 2005 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 800m |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 800m: 1:44.82 (Bydgoszcz, 2024) NR |
Medal record | |
Jakub Dudycha (born 5 September 2005) is a Czech middle distance runner. He is Czech national record holder over 800 metres. He won Czech national titles in 2023 and 2024.[1]
Career
[edit]Dudycha is from Vysoké Mýto. In 2022 he won the 800m at 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem and reached the semi-finals of the Junior World Championships in Cali, Colombia. He set a personal best time of 1:48.58 at the Golden Spike event in Ostrava in June 2022.[2][3]
He won the Czech Athletics Championships in Tábor in July 2023 over 800 metres.[4] He won the European Athletics U20 Championships 800 metres race in Jerusalem in August 2023. The following month, Dudycha broke the Czech junior record for 800 meters in Zagreb, running 1:45.84.[5]
In Lyon, in February 2024 he improved his own junior indoor Czech record in the 800 meters with a time of 1:47.12.[6]
He was selected for the European Athletics Championships in Rome in 2024 where, still aged 18 years-old, he ran a personal best time of 1:44.89 in the qualification heats, the third fastest time in Czech history.[7] That month, he set a senior national record of 1:44.82 in Bydgoszcz.[8] Later that month he retained his Czech national title.[9] He competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jakub Dudycha". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ Pravda, Peter (18 July 2023). "České atletice roste obří talent, za rok se zlepšil o 2,3 sekundy". Seznamzpravy.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Bylo to na krev, ohlíží se mladý běžec Dudycha za Zlatou tretrou". iDNES.cz. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Czech Championships". World Athletics. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Dudycha zaběhl v Záhřebu český juniorský rekord na 800 metrů". iDNES.cz. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Půlkař Dudycha byl v českém juniorském rekordu čtvrtý na mítinku v Lyonu" (in Czech). iDNES.cz. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "ME v atletice začalo. Snově do něj vstoupili Dudycha s Meindlschmidem" (in Czech). Czech Television. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Fabbri, Hailu and Kaczmarek among meeting record-breakers in Bydgoszcz". World Athletics. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "National championships roundup - Fast times highlight the British and French Championships". European Athletics. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Men's 800m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
