Miroslav Tulis (born 23 January 1951 in
Å umperk
Å umperk (; ) is a town in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 25,000 inhabitants. It is an industrial town, but it also contains valuable historical and architectural monuments. The historic town centre is well preserved and i ...
) is a Czech former
track and field
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sprinter who competed internationally for
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''ÄŒesko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...
.
He was a
200 metres
The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ...
and
400 metres
The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...
runner and represented Czechoslovakia in 19 international competitions.
He was the bronze medallist at the
1978 European Athletics Championships
The 12th European Athletics Championships were held from 29 August to 3 September 1978 in the Stadion Evžena Rošického in Prague, the capital city of Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic). Contemporaneous reports on the event were given ...
together with
Josef Lomický,
FrantiÅ¡ek BÅ™eÄka and
Karel Kolář
Karel Kolář (16 December 1955 – 4 October 2017) was a 400 metres runner who represented Czechoslovakia. He won two medals at the European Indoor Championships and two at the 1978 European Championships. He established the Indoor World record ...
.
At national level, in the 400 metres he established
Czechoslovak record of 46.33 seconds on 27 August 1977 in
Ostrava
Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...
. He was a nine-time champion at the
Czechoslovak Athletics Championships.
Czechoslovak Indoor Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
He is active in Ministry of Defence & Armed Forces of the Czech Republic.
International competitions
National titles
References
1951 births
Sportspeople from Å umperk
Athletes from the Olomouc Region
Czech male sprinters
Czechoslovak male sprinters
European Athletics Championships medalists
Living people
Czechoslovak Athletics Championships winners
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