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
2011	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
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	–	Decathlon	DNF
2015	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	–	Decathlon	DNF
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	–	Decathlon	DNF
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	25th	Decathlon	6237 pts

Personal bests

Outdoor

100 metres – 10.86 (+1.1 m/s, Götzis 2016)
400 metres – 48.80 (Ribeira Brava 2014)
1000 metres – 3:00.68 (Lille 2011)
1500 metres – 4:36.47 (Götzis 2016)
110 metres hurdles – 14.36 (0.0 m/s, Götzis 2016)
High jump – 2.02 (Prague 2014)
Pole vault – 4.60 (Ribeira Brava 2014)
Long jump – 7.64 (-0.3 m/s, Tábor 2013)
Shot put – 14.95 (Götzis 2015)
Discus throw – 46.49 (Götzis 2015)
Javelin throw – 61.47 (Götzis 2015)
Decathlon – 8121 (Götzis 2016)

Indoor

60 metres – 7.09 (Reims 2016)
1000 metres – 2:47.92 (Reims 2016)
60 metres hurdles – 8.20 (Reims 2016)
High jump – 2.00 (Sheffield 2014)
Pole vault – 4.70 (Prague 2016)
Long jump – 7.66 (Prague 2016)
Shot put – 13.90 (Prague 2016)
Heptathlon – 5718 (Reims 2016)

References

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