Jaroslav Vítek

{{Short description|Czechoslovakian shot putter and discus thrower}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Jaroslav Vítek

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| nationality = Czechoslovak

| sport = Athletics

| event = Shot put, discus trow

| club = Sokol Brno 1

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|1|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Mořice, Austria-Hungary

| death_date = {{death date and age|1966|5|15|1915|1|14|df=yes}}

| death_place = Brno, Czechoslovakia

| height = 205 cm

| weight = 115 kg

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Jaroslav Vítek (14 January 1915 – 15 May 1966) was a Czechoslovak athlete. He was specialized in shot put and also competed in discus throwing.

He represented Czechoslovakia at the 1938 European Athletics Championships in Paris in the shot put event finishing sixth with a distance of 14.77 metres. He also competed in the discus throw event finishing 14th with a throw of 41.18 metres.{{ Citation | title = European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK| url = http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf| pages = 363-367| publisher = European Athletics Association| access-date = 13 August 2014

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His discus throw personal best was 15.38 metres, thrown in 1939. {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/jaroslav-vitek-1.html |title=Jaroslav Vítek Olympic Results |accessdate=5 January 2018}}