Karel Bláha
Czech sprinter
Karel Bláha (born 1 June 1975) is a retired Czech athlete specialising in the 400 meter dash.[1] His best individual outing was the seventh place at the 2002 European Championships. In addition, he represented his country at the 2001 World Championships where he narrowly missed the semifinals despite equaling his personal best in the heats.
He won the gold medal in 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2000 European Indoor Championships, setting the new national record.
Competition record
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 7th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.37 |
| 2000 | European Indoor Championships | Ghent, Belgium | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:06.10 |
| 2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 22nd (h) | 400 m | 45.82 |
| 19th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.27 | |||
| 2002 | European Indoor Championships | Vienna, Austria | 10th (h) | 400 m | 47.01 |
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | 7th | 400 m | 46.21 | |
| 4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.82 | |||
| 2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 21st (h) | 400 m | 46.60 |
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 200 metres – 21.20 (+1.6 m/s) (Kladno 2006)
- 400 metres – 45.82 (Pilsen 2000)
- 800 metres – 1:49.38 (Turnov 2001)
Indoor
- 60 metres – 7.02 (Prague 2004)
- 200 metres – 22.07 (Prague 2004)
- 400 metres – 46.39 (Stuttgart 2000)
References
- ^ Karel Bláha at World Athletics
- CAS profile
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European Indoor Champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay
- 2000:
Czech Republic (Mužík, Poděbradský, Tesařík, Bláha) - 2002:
Poland (Plawgo, Rysiukiewicz, Gąsiewski, Maćkowiak) - 2005:
France (Maunier, Wallard, Panel, Raquil) - 2007:
Great Britain (Garland, Tobin, Taylor, Green) - 2009:
Italy (Marin, Galvan, Rao, Licciardello) - 2011: France (Macedot, Djhone, Hanne, Décimus)
- 2013: Great Britain (Levine, Bingham, Strachan, Buck)
- 2015:
Belgium (Watrin, D. Borlée, J. Borlée, K. Borlée) - 2017: Poland (Kozłowski, Krawczuk, Waściński, Omelko)
- 2019: Belgium (Watrin, J. Borlée, D. Borlée, K. Borlée)
- 2021:
Netherlands (Dobber, Bonevacia, Angela, van Diepen) - 2023: Belgium (Watrin, Doom, D. Borlée, K. Borlée)
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