Jiří Dadák

Jiří Dadák (7 March 1926 in Valašské Meziříčí – 6 March 2014)^[1] was a Czechoslovak athlete who specialized in hammer throw.

Career

Dadák won a bronze medal in the 1950 European Athletics Championships in Brussels. Two years later, he represented Czechoslovakia at the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he finished fourth with a result of 56.81 meters.^[2] He took part in the 1954 European Athletics Championships in Bern, Switzerland, finishing in the ninth place (55.66 m).^[3]

Gallery

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  Portrait of Jiří Dadák
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  Jiří Dadák during the competition
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  At the Summer Olympics in Helsinki

References

1. Jiří Dadák's obituary (in Czech)
2. (in English) Profile at sports-reference.com Archived 2014-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Men Hammer Throw at 1954 Bern European Championship". Archived from the original on 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2014-01-03.