Jakub Dudycha
{{Short description|Czech athlete (born 2005)}}
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| nationality = Czech
| sport = Athletics
| event = 800m
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|9|5|df=yes}}
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| pb = 800m: 1:44.48 (Ostrava, 2025) NR
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{{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}}
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{{Medal|Competition|European U20 Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 Jerusalem|800m}}
{{Medal|Competition|European U18 Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2022 Jerusalem|800m}}
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Jakub Dudycha (born 5 September 2005) is a Czech middle distance runner. He is Czech national record holder over 800 metres. He won Czech national titles in 2023 and 2024.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/czech-republic/jakub-dudycha-14942779|website=World Athletics|accessdate=7 June 2024|title=Jakub Dudycha}}
Career
Dudycha is from Vysoké Mýto. In 2022, he won the 800m at 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem and reached the semi-finals of the Junior World Championships in Cali, Colombia. He set a personal best time of 1:48.58 at the Golden Spike event in Ostrava in June 2022.{{cite web|first=Peter|last=Pravda|title=České atletice roste obří talent, za rok se zlepšil o 2,3 sekundy|date=18 July 2023|url=https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/sport-jakub-dudycha-je-normalni-teenager-ale-miluje-sport-a-hodne-rychle-beha-235458|website=Seznamzpravy.cz|language=cs|access-date=7 June 2024}} {{cite web |access-date=7 June 2024 |date=13 June 2022 |title=Bylo to na krev, ohlíží se mladý běžec Dudycha za Zlatou tretrou |url=https://www.idnes.cz/sport/atletika/jakub-dudycha-rozhovor.A220613_669281_atletika_rou |publisher=iDNES.cz}}
He won the Czech Athletics Championships in Tábor in July 2023 over 800 metres.{{cite web|date=29 July 2023|access-date=7 June 2024|title=Czech Championships|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7194283?eventId=10229501|website=World Athletics}} He won the European Athletics U20 Championships 800 metres race in Jerusalem, Israel, in August 2023. The following month, Dudycha broke the Czech junior record for 800 meters in Zagreb, running 1:45.84.{{cite web|date=10 September 2023|access-date=7 June 2024|url= https://www.idnes.cz/sport/atletika/jakub-dudycha-rekord-800-metru-junior.A230910_193745_atletika_ten|publisher=iDNES.cz|title= Dudycha zaběhl v Záhřebu český juniorský rekord na 800 metrů}}
In Lyon, in February 2024, he improved his own junior indoor Czech record in the 800 meters with a time of 1:47.12.{{cite web|url= https://www.idnes.cz/sport/atletika/beh-na-800-metru-cesky-juniorsky-rekord-jakub-dudycha-lyon.A240210_120822_atletika_czo|publisher=iDNES.cz|access-date=7 June 2024|title=Půlkař Dudycha byl v českém juniorském rekordu čtvrtý na mítinku v Lyonu|language=cs|date=10 February 2024}}
He was selected for the European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, in 2024 and at the age of 18 years-old, ran a personal best time of 1:44.89 in the qualification heats, the third fastest time in Czech history.{{cite web |title=ME v atletice začalo. Snově do něj vstoupili Dudycha s Meindlschmidem|url= https://sport.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/atletika/me/mistrovstvi-evropy-2024/zive-me-v-atletice-pulkar-dudycha-proletl-do-semifinale/6662b05061d8d475342d28d8|publisher=Czech Television|language=cs|date=7 June 2024|access-date=7 June 2024}} That month, he set a senior national record of 1:44.82 in Bydgoszcz.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/fabbri-hailu-kaczmarek-bydgoszcz-szewinska-2024|date=20 June 2024|accessdate=21 June 2024|title= Fabbri, Hailu and Kaczmarek among meeting record-breakers in Bydgoszcz |website=World Athletics}} Later that month he retained his Czech national title.{{cite web|url=https://www.european-athletics.com/news/national-championships-roundup-fast-times-highlights-the-british-and-french-championships|website=European Athletics|accessdate=1 July 2024|title= National championships roundup - Fast times highlight the British and French Championships|date=1 July 2024}} He competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5856/men-s-800m-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=8 September 2024|date=10 August 2024|title= Men's 800m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics}}
He was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn but did not reach the semi-finals.{{cite web|website=Watch Athletics|title= Men's 800m Results - European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6420/men-s-800m-results-european-athletics-indoor-championships-2025 |date=9 March 2025|accessdate=10 April 2025}}{{cite web|website=Idnesit|url= https://www.idnes.cz/sport/atletika/atletika-halove-mistrovstvi-evropy-apeldoorn-ceska-nominace.A250226_134832_atletika_kazdt |title=Defending medalists and promising debutants. The Czech nomination for the European Indoor Championships includes 26 athletes|accessdate=26 February 2025|date=26 February 2025}} He was subsequently selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, in March 2025, where he qualified for the semi-finals but did not progress into the final.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6469/men-s-800m-results-world-athletics-indoor-championships-2025|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=10 April 2025|title= Men's 800m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2025|date=23 March 2025}}{{cite web|url= https://www.atletika.cz/novinky/sestava-pro-nanjing-cita-12-atletu/|website=Atletika.cz|title=The line up for Nanjing includes 11 athletes|date=13 March 2025|accessdate=13 March 2025}}
He set a new personal best for the 800 metres when he ran 1:44.48 at the Golden Spike Ostrava on 24 June.{{cite web|url= https://zlatatretra.cz/news/799/34/Ostrava-Golden-Spike-Report/d,ZT_news-detail-en |first=James|last=Rhodes|title= OSTRAVA GOLDEN SPIKE REPORT|date=
24 June 2025|accessdate=25 June 2025|website=Zlatatreta.cz}}
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Category:Czech male middle-distance runners
Category:Czech Athletics Championships winners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics