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Josef Matoušek (athlete)
Josef Matoušek (7 September 1928 – 11 May 2019) was a Czechoslovak track and field athlete known primarily for the hammer throw. Life and career He was born in Žampach in Czechoslovakia. He represented his native country at the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics finishing ninth. At the time he made it to the Olympics, he was 36 years old. A year before the Olympics, he threw his personal best of 68.78 m, and later that season after his 35th birthday he threw 66.82 m which became the Masters M35 world record. Had he been able to put together another 68 meter throw in the Olympics it would have made a bronze medal. He also competed at the 1962 European Athletics Championships. He died in his home in the village of Častolovice Častolovice () is a market town in Rychnov nad Kněžnou District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,700 inhabitants. Etymology The name is derived from the personal name Častolov, meaning "the village of Často ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Track And Field
Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events. Track and field is categorized under the umbrella sport of athletics, which also includes road running, cross country running and racewalking. Though the sense of "athletics" as a broader sport is not used in American English, outside of the United States the term ''athletics'' can either be used to mean just its track and field component or the entirety of the sport (adding road racing and cross country) based on context. The foot racing events, which include sprint (running), sprints, middle-distance running, middle- and long-distance running, long-distance events, racewalking, and hurdling, are won by the athlete who completes it in the least time. The jumpin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammer Throw
The hammer throw (HT for short) is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track-and-field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and Javelin throw, javelin. The hammer used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consists of a metal ball attached by a steel wire to a grip. These three components are each separate and can move independently. Both the size and weight of the ball vary between men's and women's events. The women's hammer weighs for college and professional meets while the men's hammer weighs . History Tradition traces it to the Tailteann Games (ancient), Tailteann Games in Hill of Tara, Tara, Ireland, around the year 1830 BC. Some time later the Celtic warrior Cú Chulainn, Culchulainn reputedly took a chariot axle with a wheel still attached, spun it around and hurled it a long way. The wheel was later replaced by a rock with a wooden handle attached. A sledgehammer began to be used for the sport in Scot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žampach (Ústà Nad Orlicà District)
Žampach is a municipality and village in Ústà nad Orlicà District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south .... It has about 300 inhabitants. Administrative division Žampach consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Žampach (253) *Hlavná (39) Demographics Sights In Žampach there are the early Baroque Žampach Castle and ruins of the former Gothic castle. References External links * Villages in Ústà nad Orlicà District {{Pardubice-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Czechoslovak Republic
The First Czechoslovak Republic, often colloquially referred to as the First Republic, was the first Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak state that existed from 1918 to 1938, a union of ethnic Czechs and Slovaks. The country was commonly called Czechoslovakia a compound of ''Czech'' and ''Slovak''; which gradually became the most widely used name for its successor states. It was composed of former territories of Austria-Hungary, inheriting different systems of administration from the formerly Cisleithania, Austrian (Bohemia, Moravia, a small part of Silesia) and Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian territories (mostly Upper Hungary and Carpathian Ruthenia). After 1933, Czechoslovakia remained the only ''de facto'' functioning democracy in Central Europe, organized as a parliamentary republic. Under pressure from Germans in Czechoslovakia, its Sudeten German minority, supported by neighbouring Nazi Germany, Czechoslovakia was forced to cede its Sudetenland region to Germany on 1 October 1938 as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Hammer Throw
The men's hammer throw was one of four men's throwing events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 17 October and 18 October 1964, with the qualification on the first day and the final the next. 25 athletes from 14 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the qualification round. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Romuald Klim of the Soviet Union, the nation's second consecutive victory in the men's hammer throw. Gyula Zsivótzky of Hungary repeated as silver medalist, the fifth man to win multiple medals in the event. Uwe Beyer took bronze, the first medal for the United Team of Germany and the first medal for any German hammer thrower since 1952. Background This was the 14th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1896. Nine of the 15 finalists from the 1960 Games returned: silver medalist Gyula Zsivótzky of Hungary, bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masters M35 Hammer Throw World Record Progression
Masters M35 hammer throw world record progression is the progression of world record improvements of the hammer throw M35 division of Masters athletics. Records must be set in properly conducted, official competitions under the standing IAAF rules unless modified by World Masters Athletics. The M35 division consists of male athletes who have reached the age of 35 but have not yet reached the age of 40, so exactly from their 35th birthday to the day before their 40th birthday. The M35 division throws exactly the same 7.257 kg implement as the Open division. These competitors all threw their records in open competition. In 1912 Matt McGrath threw 58.34. ;Key: References {{Reflist}Masters Athletics Hammer Throw list Masters athletics world record progressions < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's Hammer Throw
The men's hammer throw at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 15 and 16 September 1962. Medalists Results Final 16 September Qualification 15 September Participation According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event. * (1) * (1) * (2) * (2) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (3) * (3) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (1) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1962 European Athletics Championships, Mens hammer throw Hammer throw The hammer throw (HT for short) is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track-and-field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and Javelin throw, javelin. The hammer used in this sport is not like any of the tools a ... Hammer throw at the European Athletics Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ÄŒastolovice
Častolovice () is a market town in Rychnov nad Kněžnou District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,700 inhabitants. Etymology The name is derived from the personal name Častolov, meaning "the village of Častolov's people". Geography Častolovice is located about southeast of Hradec Králové. It lies in the Orlice Table. The highest point is at above sea level. The market town is situated on the Bělá (Divoká Orlice), Bělá River, near its confluence with the Divoká Orlice. The Divoká Orlice forms the southern municipal border. History Around 1280, a Gothic fortress was built here by a noble family, later named Lords of Častolovice. The first written mention of Častolovice is from 1342, when the village was promoted to a Městys, market town by King John of Bohemia. Between 1588 and 1615, the fortress was rebuilt into a Renaissance castle. From 1694 until World War II, Častolovice was owned by the Sternberg family. In 1992, the cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
