Karel Kolář

{{Short description|Czechoslovak runner (1955–2017)}}

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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 (400 m / 46.21 sec) at European Indoor Championships in Vienna.

Achievements

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rowspan=2|1978

|European Championships

|Prague, Czechoslovakia

|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd

|400 m

European Championships

|Prague, Czechoslovakia

|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd

|4 × 400 m relay, Josef Lomický, František Břečka, Miroslav Tulis, Karel Kolář

1979

|European Indoor Championships

|Vienna, Austria

|bgcolor="gold"| 1st

|400 m

1980

|European Indoor Championships

|Sindelfingen, West Germany

|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd

|400 m

References

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Category:1955 births

Category:2017 deaths

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Category:Czechoslovak male sprinters

Category:Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia

Category:European Athletics Championships medalists

Category:Sportspeople from Jindřichův Hradec

Category:Athletes from the South Bohemian Region

Category:Czechoslovak Athletics Championships winners