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Nationality | Czech | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (2006-01-15) 15 January 2006 (age 18) Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Long jump | |||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | Long jump: 8.03m (Rome, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
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Petr Meindlschmid (born 15 January 2006) is a Czech long jumper. In 2024, he became Czech national champion.
Early life
Petr Meindlschmid was born on 15 January 2006 in Uherské Hradiště. He was a footballer at youth level, playing for 1. FC Slovácko and the Czech national under-16 football team.
Career
He won gold in the long jump at the 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Banská Bystrica. He also won gold in the long jump at the 2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Maribor.
In June 2024, he won the long jump at the Josef Odlozil Memorial event in Prague with a jump of 7.92 metres. Later that month he finished seventh in the final of the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome with a new Czech junior record jump of 8.03 metres. In June 2024, he won the Czech U20 long jump title in Ostrava, and the Czech senior national title in Zlín.
References
- "Petr Meindlschmid" (in Czech). Czech Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- "Nový atletický talent? Musím dát nejdřív sbohem fotbalu, usmívá se Meindlschmid" (in Czech). Czech Television. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- "Atletika porazila fotbal. Talentovaný dálkař poslechl srdce a potěšil Jušku". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 10 January 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- "16th European Youth Olympic Festival". World Athletics. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- "An enormous success! Czech athletes won a record 20 medals at the EYOF in Maribor". Olympijskytym.cz. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- "17th European Youth Olympic Festival". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- "Athletics. Anvar Anvarov won the prize at the international tournament in Prague". Sports.uz. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- "Staněk byl centimetry od medaile. Meindlschmid skončil sedmý". iDNES.cz. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- "Czech U20 Championships". World Athletics. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.<
- "Czech Championships". World Athletics. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.<