David Holý
{{Short description|Czech athlete (born 1998)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
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| nationality = Czech
| sport = Athletics
| event = Pole vault
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|3|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Chrudim, Czech Republic
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| pb = Pole Vault: 5.75 m (Apeldoorn, 2025)|
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David Holý (born 4 March 1998) is a Czech pole vaulter. He has won national titles both indoors and outdoors. He has competed for the Czech Republic at multiple major championships, including the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.{{cite web|title= David Holý |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/czechia/matej-scerba-14681991|website=World Athletics|access-date=26 July 2024}}
Early life
Holý was born on 4 March 1998 in Chrudim.{{cite web |title=David Holý|url=https://www.olympijskytym.cz/athlete/david-holy|publisher=Czech Olympic Committee|language=cs|access-date=27 July 2024}} A keen footballer in his youth, he attended school in Chrudim before attending college in Hradec Králové.{{Cite news|first=Jakub|last=Novotný|title=Osobák 460 cm? "Ještě letos ho zlepším", hlásí Holý|url=https://chrudimsky.denik.cz/ostatni_region/osobak-460-cm-jeste-letos-ho-zlepsim-hlasi-holy-20160818.html|newspaper=Deník|date=18 August 2016|access-date=26 July 2024|language=cs}}
Career
Holý is a member of Athletics Chrudim.{{cite web|url= https://www.atletikachrudim.cz/david-holy-opet-rekordne/|website=atletika.cz|access-date=26 July 2024|title=David Holý opět rekordně|date=19 September 2018|language=cs}} He is coached by Czech former Olympic pole vaulter Zdeněk Lubenský.{{cite web|url=https://www.sport.cz/clanek/atletika-debaty-s-rozhodcimi-trener-na-infarkt-a-happyend-dva-cesti-kamaradi-si-zaskacou-o-medaile-5029970|website=sport.cz|title=Debaty s rozhodčími, trenér na infarkt a happyend. Dva čeští kamarádi si zaskáčou o medaile|date=6 June 2024|first=Michal|last= Osoba|access-date=26 July 2024|language=cs}}{{cite web|url= https://www.atletika.cz/novinky/halove-akademicke-tituly-rozdany/|website=atletika.cz|access-date=26 July 2024|title=Halové akademické tituly rozdány|date=8 January 2024|language=cs}} He won the Czech Indoor Athletics Championships national title for the first time in February 2023 in Ostrava.{{cite web|title= Czech Championships|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7193403?eventId=10229616|website=World Athletics|access-date=26 July 2024|date=18 February 2023}} Holý then won the Czech Athletics Championships title outdoors in July 2023 in Tibor.{{cite web|title= Czech Indoor Championships|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7194283?eventId=10229616 |website=World Athletics|date=29 July 2023|access-date=26 July 2024}}
Holý was a runner-up at the Czech indoor national championships in February 2024 in Ostrava to Matěj Ščerba.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7204828?eventId=10229616 |website=World Athletics|access-date=26 July 2024|date=17 February 2024|title= Czech Indoor Championships}} He qualified for the final and placed twelfth overall at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.{{cite web|date=7 June 2024|title=European Championships |url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7158244?eventId=10229616|website=World Athletics|access-date=26 July 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://sport.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/atletika/me/mistrovstvi-evropy-2024/jichova-si-na-me-dobehla-pro-finale-to-vybojovali-i-ogrodnikova-holy-a-scerba/6666ae9b61d8d47534229e90|website=ČT Sport|publisher=Czech Television|access-date=26 July 2024|title=Jíchová si na ME doběhla pro finále. To vybojovali i Ogrodníková, Holý a Ščerba|date=10 June 2024|language=cs}} Holý placed third at the Czech Athletics Championships in June 2024, in Zlín.{{cite web|title=Czech Indoor Championships|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7207904?eventId=10229616|website=World Athletics|date=29 June 2024|access-date=26 July 2024}} Holý competed in the pole vault at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, where he cleared 5.60 metres but did not qualify for the final.{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5833/men-s-pole-vault-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics|website=Watch Athletics|access-date=28 December 2024|title=Men's Pole Vault Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=5 August 2024}}{{Cite web|title= Meet the 113 Czech Olympians Heading to Paris 2024|url= https://praguemorning.cz/meet-the-113-czech-olympians-heading-to-paris-2024/|website=Prague Morning|date=8 July 2024|access-date=26 July 2024}}
He was runner-up to Ščerba at the Czech Indoor Athletics Championships in February 2025, clearing 5.49 metres in Ostrava.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7217600?eventId=10229616|website=World Athletics|accessdate=9 April 2025|title= Czech Indoor Championships|date=22 February 2025}} He was later selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn, Netherlands. He cleared a new personal best height of 5.75 metres to qualify for the final. In the final, he cleared 5.70 metres to finish in eighth place overall.{{Cite news|title=Obhájci medaile i nadějní debutanti. Česká nominace pro halové ME čítá 26 atletů|url= https://www.idnes.cz/sport/atletika/atletika-halove-mistrovstvi-evropy-apeldoorn-ceska-nominace.A250226_134832_atletika_kazdt|newspaper=Mladá fronta Dnes|date=26 February 2025|access-date=11 March 2025|language=cs}}{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6427/men-s-pole-vault-results-european-athletics-indoor-championships-2025|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=9 April 2025|title= Men's Pole Vault Results - European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025|date=9 March 2025}}
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Category:Czech male pole vaulters
Category:Sportspeople from Chrudim
Category:Athletes from the Pardubice Region
Category:Czech Athletics Championships winners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics