Jakub Dudycha

Jakub Dudycha (born 5 September 2005) is a Czech middle distance runner. He is Czech national record holder over 800 metres. He became Czech national champion in 2023.[1]

Jakub Dudycha
Personal information
NationalityCzech
Born (2005-09-05) 5 September 2005
Sport
SportAthletics
Event800m
Achievements and titles
Personal bests800m: 1:44.82 (Bydgoszcz, 2024) NR
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Czech Republic
European U20 Championships
2023 Jerusalem800m
European U18 Championships
2022 Jerusalem800m

Career

Dudycha is from Vysoké Mýto. In 2022 he won the 800m at 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem and reached the semi-finals of the Junior World Championships in Cali, Colombia. He set a personal best time of 1:48.58 at the Golden Spike event in Ostrava in June 2022.[2][3]

He won the Czech Athletics Championships in Tábor in July 2023 over 800 metres.[4] He won the European Athletics U20 Championships 800 metres race in Jerusalem in August 2023. The following month, Dudycha broke the Czech junior record for 800 meters in Zagreb, running 1:45.84.[5]

In Lyon, in February 2024 he improved his own junior indoor Czech record in the 800 meters with a time of 1:47.12.[6]

He was selected for the European Athletics Championships in Rome in 2024 where, still aged 18 years-old, he ran a personal best time of 1:44.89 in the qualification heats, the third fastest time in Czech history.[7] That month, he set a senior national record of 1:44.82 in Bydgoszcz.[8]

References
  1. "Jakub Dudycha". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  2. Pravda, Peter (18 July 2023). "České atletice roste obří talent, za rok se zlepšil o 2,3 sekundy". Seznamzpravy.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  3. "Bylo to na krev, ohlíží se mladý běžec Dudycha za Zlatou tretrou". iDNES.cz. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  4. "Czech Championships". World Athletics. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  5. "Dudycha zaběhl v Záhřebu český juniorský rekord na 800 metrů". iDNES.cz. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  6. "Půlkař Dudycha byl v českém juniorském rekordu čtvrtý na mítinku v Lyonu" (in Czech). iDNES.cz. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  7. "ME v atletice začalo. Snově do něj vstoupili Dudycha s Meindlschmidem" (in Czech). Czech Television. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  8. "Fabbri, Hailu and Kaczmarek among meeting record-breakers in Bydgoszcz". World Athletics. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.


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