Tomáš Dlabaja

{{short description|Czech orienteering competitor}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's orienteering }}

{{MedalCountry | {{CZE}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2012 Lausanne | Relay }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Games }}

{{MedalBronze | 2005 Duisburg | Relay }}

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Tomáš Dlabaja (born 13 October 1983){{cite web |url=http://runners.worldofo.com/tomasdlabaja.html |title=Profile: Tomáš Dlabaja |access-date=13 January 2009 |publisher=Runners. World of O}} is a Czech orienteering competitor.

World Champion in the relay at World Orienteering Championships 2012 in Switzerland along with Jan Sedivy and Jan Prochazka after nearly giving up the elite orienteering career the same year. This fast Czech runner got his breakthrough with a bronze medal at the World Games in 2005 in the mixed relay, with Petr Losman, Marta Štěrbová and Dana Brožková.{{cite web |url=http://orienteering.org/i3/index.php?/iof2006/events/foot_orienteering/the_world_games/world_games_2005_ger/switzerland_wins_relay_thrilling_battle_for_second_place |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070617171330/http://orienteering.org/i3/index.php?/iof2006/events/foot_orienteering/the_world_games/world_games_2005_ger/switzerland_wins_relay_thrilling_battle_for_second_place |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 June 2007 |title=Switzerland Wins Relay; Thrilling Battle for Second Place |publisher=International Orienteering Federation |access-date=13 January 2009}} And individually with a 6th place at the WOC 2007 over the sprint. He repeated his success at the home World Championships in Olomouc in 2008, where he placed sixth in the sprint, 13th in the middle distance, and fourth in the relay with the Czech team.{{cite web | url=http://orienteering.org/events/?event_id=51 | title=World Orienteering Championships 2008 |publisher=International Orienteering Federation |access-date=5 July 2018 }} Since then has struggled to get these top individual results, but training hard again in Finland in the 2013 season after the WOC gold in 2012. In 2014, he finished his university studies and sport career as well.{{Cite web|url=https://www.orientacnibeh.cz/novinky-sekce-ob/tomas-dlabaja-delam-ted-mnoho-veci|title=Tomáš Dlabaja: Dělám teď mnoho věcí|author=Lukáš Svoboda|website=lukassvoboda.cz|publisher=Český svaz orientačních sportů}}

Occasionally he took part in cross-country running or adventure races (e.g. Dolomitenmann 2011: 1. Place in the amateur class)