Tomáš Dvořák (), born 11 May 1972 in Gottwaldov (now

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, is an athlete from the

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. He competed in the decathlon and heptathlon for the team ''Dukla Prague''. He is a three-time decathlon world champion (1997, 1999, 2001) and a former world record holder (8,994 points scored in

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, 1999), which is still the fifth best performance of all-time. This record was broken by Dvořák's compatriot

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in 2001. Dvořák is the only athlete to score over 8,900 points three times. Dvořák announced his retirement in July 2008, after he failed to qualify for the

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Olympics. He now works as an athletic coach.

List of results

*1990 CRCJ (Czech Republic Championship of Juniors), Czechoslovakia, heptathlon, 1st *1990 WCJ, decathlon, 17th *1991 ECJ, decathlon, 2nd *1993 WC, Stuttgart (Germany), decathlon, 10th *1994 EIC, Paris (France), heptathlon, 4th *1994 EC, Helsinki (Finland), decathlon, 7th *1995 WIC, Barcelona (Spain), heptathlon, 2nd *1995 WC, Göteborg (Sweden), decathlon, 5th *1996 EIC, Stockholm (Sweden), heptathlon, 2nd *1996 OG, Atlanta (USA), decathlon, 3rd *1997 WC Athens, decathlon, 1st *1998 Goodwill Games, USA, decathlon, 3rd *1998 EIC, Valencia (Spain), heptathlon, 4th *1998 EC Budapest (Hungary), decathlon, 5th *1999 WC Seville, decathlon, 1st *1999 WIC, Maebashi, heptathlon, 4th *2000 EIC, heptathlon, 1st *2000 OG, Sydney (Australia), decathlon, 6th *2001 WC, decathlon, 1st *2001 Goodwill Games (Australia), decathlon, 1st *2002 EIC, Vienna (Austria), heptathlon, 2nd *2003 WIC, Birmingham (UK), heptathlon, 5th *2003 CRIC, Bratislava (Slovakia), 60 m hurdles, 1st *2003 CRIC, Bratislava (Slovakia), shot put, 3rd *2003 WC, Paris (France), decathlon, 4th *2004 CRIC, Praha, 60 m hurdles, 3rd, 7,94 *2004 OG, Athens (Greece), decathlon, DNF *2005 WC, Helsinki (Finland), decathlon, 8th *2006 EC, Gothenburg (Sweden), decathlon, 12th

Personal bests

* 100 m 10.54 s * Long jump 8.07 m * Shot put 16.88 m * High jump 2.09 m * 400 m 47.56 s * 110 m hurdles 13.61 s * Discus throw 50.28 m * Pole vault 5.00 m * Javelin throw 72.32 m * 1500 m 4:27.69 min Total: 9296 pts.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dvorak, Tomas 1972 births Living people Czech decathletes Olympic bronze medalists for the Czech Republic Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Czech Republic World record setters in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Zlín World Athletics Championships medalists Czech athletics coaches Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics European Athlete of the Year winners World Athletics Championships winners Czech male athletes Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Goodwill Games gold medalists in athletics