HELCELET Adam Sebastian

Date of Birth: 27 Oct 1991

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Place of birth: TURNOV

Birth Country:

Czech Republic

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Decathlon	16

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's Decathlon 100m - Heat 1	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Long Jump A	Men's Decathlon Long Jump - Group A	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Shot Put B	Men's Decathlon Shot Put - Group B	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - High Jump A	Men's Decathlon High Jump - Group B	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's Decathlon 400m - Heat 1	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's Decathlon 110m Hurdles - Heat 2	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Men's Decathlon Discus Throw - Group B	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Pole Vault A	Men's Decathlon Pole Vault - Group A	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Men's Decathlon Javelin Throw - Group A	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's Decathlon 1500m - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Decathlon
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	12th (8291)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Decathlon
2017	London, GBR	8th (8222)
2015	Beijing, CHN	11th (8234)

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
8	2021	Long Jump	World Athletics Continental Tour	Ostrava, CZE	7.08

World Combined Events Challenge

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
2	Decathlon	2021	Arona, ESP	8058
2	Decathlon	2021	Lana, ITA	8025
4	Decathlon	2017	Talence, FRA	7949
4	Decathlon	2017	Gotzis, AUT	8335
8	Decathlon	2017	London, GBR	8222
10	Decathlon	2019	Ribeira Brava, POR	7060
14	Decathlon	2019	Lana, ITA	7209
DNF	Decathlon	2018	Gotzis, AUT	DNF

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Humanities - Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic

Wife Denisa, daughter Evelin [2018]

Languages spoken:

PSK Olymp Praha [Czech Republic]

Josef Karas [personal], CZE

Sporting relatives:

His wife Denisa Rosolova competed at the Olympic Games in 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016. She has participated in long jump, heptathlon, 400m hurdles, and 4x400m relay at the Games. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Feb 2021; Facebook profile, 31 May 2020; tyden.cz, 24 Dec 2015)

He sustained a hand injury in March 2020. (atletika.cz, 25 Mar 2020)

He was affected by an Achilles tendon injury from 2017 to 2019. (sport.cz, 21 May 2020)

In 2015 he was troubled by an Achilles tendon injury, but was able to compete at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, People's Republic of China. (ceskatelevize.cz, 29 Aug 2015)

He took up athletics at age six in Turnov, Czech Republic. (imup.cz, 27 Mar 2015)

"When I was a child, the Czech Republic had the greatest decathletes in the world. I watched them with my father. He said 'You are coordinated, and I guess that you're going to be a big guy. You should try it'." (worldathletics.org, 02 Jul 2020)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (worldathletics.org, 02 Jul 2020)

Winning a silver medal in decathlon at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (worldathletics.org, 02 Jul 2020)

Coach Tomas Dvorak. (atletika.cz, 20 Feb 2015)

General Interest

General
PUBLIC PROPOSAL
He proposed to his wife Denisa at the televised Czech Athlete of the Year awards in 2017. "I wanted something special for her. I knew the TV organisers, so I fixed it with them. No one knew, not even my parents." (worldathletics.org, 02 Jul 2020)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has served on the athletes' commission of the Czech Anti-Doping Committee. (antidoping.cz, 01 Jan 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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