MASLAK Pavel

Czech Republic

Athletics

Date of Birth: 21 Feb 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Place of birth: HAVIROV

Birth Country:

Czech Republic

Place of residence : PRAGUE

Residence Country:

Czech Republic

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 400m
	Men's 4 x 400m Relay CZE Czech Republic

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 400m Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 4 x 400m Relay Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	200m	400m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	-	SF (45.06)
2012	London, GBR	1R (20.67)	SF (45.15)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	200m	400m	4 x 400m
2017	London, GBR	-	SF (45.24)	-
2015	Beijing, CHN	-	Heats (45.16)	-
2013	Moscow, RUS	-	5th (44.91)	Heats (3:04.54)
2011	Daegu, KOR	SF (20.87)	-	-

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 400m
2021	Chorzow, POL	Heats (3:05.11)
2019	Yokohama, JPN	Final B (3:03.79)

European Championships

Year	Location	400m	4 x 100m	4 x 400m
2018	Berlin, GER	SF (45.59)	8th (DNS)	7th (3:03.00)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	400m
2017	1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 5th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
3	2017	400m	Oslo, NOR	45.52
4	2017	400m	Zurich, SUI	45.67
5	2017	400m	Eugene, OR, USA	45.42
7	2017	400m	Doha, QAT	45.59

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
6	2021	400m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Ostrava, CZE	46.52

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
4	2019	200m	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	20.62
4	2018	400m	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	45.94
4	2017	300m	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	31.80
5	2017	400m	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	46.18
9	2018	400m	World Challenge	Madrid, ESP	45.64

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2018	Birmingham, GBR	1st (45.47)	5th (3:04.87)

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

Nickname:

Maslo [Czech for 'butter']. (CAS Media Guide, 08 Mar 2015)

Occupation:

Athlete

Family:

Wife Nella Maslak, daughter Mia [2019], son Mateo [2021]

Languages spoken:

Czech

Club name:

ASC Dukla Praha [Czech Republic]

Coach:

Dalibor Kupka [personal], CZE

Injuries:

An injury to his right hamstring meant he missed the 2014 European Championships in Zurich, Switzerland. (european-athletics.org, 09 Jan 2015)

Start:

He took up athletics at age nine. (NOC, 19 Jul 2012; hedvicak.borec.cz, 18 Jul 2009)

Reason:

A friend took him along to athletics training. (CAS Media Guide, 08 Mar 2015; munimedia.cz, 14 Mar 2014)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sport.cz, 28 Jan 2021)

Hero:

US sprinter Jeremy Wariner. (sport.idnes.cz, 12 Mar 2015)

Ritual:

He wears coloured sleeves on his arms to blend in with his running kit. (CAS Media Guide, 08 Mar 2015)

Award:

In 2013 he was named Athlete of the Year for the Moravian-Silesian region of the Czech Republic. (novinky.cz, 07 Mar 2014)

In 2012 he was named Male Rising Star by European Athletics. (breakingnews.ie, 14 Oct 2012)

In 2011 he was named Discovery of the Year in the Czech Republic. (atletika.cz, 01 Sep 2014)

In 2010 he was named Junior Czech Athlete of the Year. (atletika.cz, 01 Sep 2010)

General Interest

General
ARMY TRAINING
In 2020 he attended a military training camp with his club, ASC Dukla Praha, at a barracks near Vyskov, Czech Republic. He was taught how to fire a rifle and sub-machine gun, how to throw grenades, treat wounded comrades, and navigate a battlefield. "I had the greatest respect [for the soldiers] when throwing a grenade. We threw at 25 metres and for the first time I was really scared. I can't imagine [a real combat situation] at all, because I'm not trained for it. I don't know what I would do if someone started shooting around me. I would probably panic, I wouldn't be used to it at all. If it happened all at once, I wouldn't know what to do. Of course I could work it out somehow, but we would have to train more than once, not just once in a while." (sport.aktuaine.cz, 09 Oct 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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