Jiří Dadák

Jiří Dadák (7 March 1926 in Valašské Meziříčí – 6 March 2014)[http://www.atletika.cz/cas-informuje/zemreli-jiri-dadak-a-jaroslav-halva/ Jiří Dadák's obituary] {{in lang|cs}} was a Czechoslovak athlete who specialized in hammer throw.

Career

Dadák won a bronze medal in the 1950 European Athletics Championships in Brussels. Two years later, he represented Czechoslovakia at the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he finished fourth with a result of 56.81 meters.{{in lang|en}} [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/jiri-dadak-1.html Profile at sports-reference.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103211536/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/jiri-dadak-1.html |date=2014-01-03 }} He took part in the 1954 European Athletics Championships in Bern, Switzerland, finishing in the ninth place (55.66 m).{{Cite web |url=http://www.todor66.com/athletics/europe/1954/Men_Hammer_Throw.html |title=Men Hammer Throw at 1954 Bern European Championship |access-date=2014-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209130140/http://todor66.com/athletics/europe/1954/Men_Hammer_Throw.html |archive-date=2013-12-09 |url-status=dead }}

Gallery

Jiri Dadak portrait.JPG|Portrait of Jiří Dadák

Jiri Dadak.JPG|Jiří Dadák during the competition

Czechoslovakian 1952 Olympic team.JPG|At the Summer Olympics in Helsinki

References

Category:1926 births

Category:2014 deaths

Category:Czechoslovak male hammer throwers

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia

Category:Sportspeople from Valašské Meziříčí

Category:Athletes from the Zlín Region