Pavel Soukup

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|01|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Stod, Czechoslovakia

| nationality = Czech

| height = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|70|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| sport = Running

| event = 800 metres

| club = USK Praha

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Pavel Soukup (born 2 January 1971) is a retired Czech middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres.{{World Athletics}} He is best known for winning bronze medals at the 1995 World Indoor Championships and the 1995 Summer Universiade. In addition, he competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as two World Championships.

His personal bests in the event are 1:45.37 outdoors (Nürnberg 1997) and 1:46.38 indoors (Ludwigshafen 1995).

Personal life

Soukup was born on 2 January 1971 in Stod,[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418103418/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/pavel-soukup-2.html Sports-Reference profile] but was raised in Tlučná.{{cite web |title=1996: TJ Tlučná|url=https://www.obec-tlucna.cz/obec-4/kronika/1990-1999/1996/tj-tlucna/|publisher=Obec Tlučná|language=cs|access-date=2023-07-28}}

Competition record

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{TCH}}
rowspan=2\|1989 \|rowspan=2\|European Junior Championships \|rowspan=2\|Varaždin, Yugoslavia \|7th \|800 m \|1:51.55
– \|4 × 400 m relay \|DNF
rowspan=2\|1990 \|rowspan=2\|World Junior Championships \|rowspan=2\|Plovdiv, Bulgaria \|12th (sf) \|800 m \|1:49.60
15th (h) \|4 × 400 m relay \|3:11.85
1991 \|Universiade \|Sheffield, United Kingdom \|5th \|800 m \|1:47.68
1992 \|European Indoor Championships \|Genoa, Italy \|22nd (h) \|800 m \|1:51.53
colspan="6"\|Representing the {{CZE}}
1993 \|Universiade \|Buffalo, United States \|25th (h) \|800 m \|1:51.52
rowspan=3\|1995 \|World Indoor Championships \|Barcelona, Spain \|bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|800 m \|1:47.74
World Championships \|Gothenburg, Sweden \|27th (h) \|800 m \|1:48.32
Universiade \|Fukuoka, Japan \|bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|800 m \|1:48.15
1996 \|Olympic Games \|Atlanta, United States \|32nd (h) \|800 m \|1:47.67
rowspan=2\|1997 \|World Indoor Championships \|Paris, France \|10th (sf) \|800 m \|1:48.73
World Championships \|Athens, Greece \|33rd (h) \|800 m \|1:48.16

colspan="6"|Representing {{TCH}}

rowspan=2|1989

|rowspan=2|European Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Varaždin, Yugoslavia

|7th

|800 m

|1:51.55

–

|4 × 400 m relay

|DNF

rowspan=2|1990

|rowspan=2|World Junior Championships