Daniel Málek (born 25 May 1973 in

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) is a retired male breaststroke swimmer from the

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, who won two bronze medals in the men's breaststroke events at the 1997 European Championships in

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. He represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in

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(1996).

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* 1973 births Living people Czech male swimmers Male breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for the Czech Republic Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Zlín European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming {{CzechRepublic-swimming-bio-stub