Miroslav Guzdek (born 3 August 1975 in

Třinec Třinec (; ; ) is a city in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 34,000 inhabitants, making it the least populated Statutory city (Czech Republic), statutory city in the country. The city ...

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) is a male

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's de ...

er from the

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. His personal best throw is 85.74 metres, achieved in April 2002 in

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. He finished seventh at the 2003 World Championships in Paris with a throw of 81.40 metres. He also competed in the

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, but failed to qualify from his pool.

Achievements

Seasonal bests by year

*1999 - 77.36 *2000 - 79.13 *2001 - 82.40 *2002 - 85.74 *2003 - 83.71 *2004 - 79.06 *2006 - 75.06 *2007 - 78.32 *2008 - 76.68 *2009 - 77.91 *2010 - 76.83

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1975 births Living people Czech male javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic Sportspeople from Třinec Athletes from the Moravian-Silesian Region Czech Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{Czech-athletics-bio-stub