SERBUS Frantisek

ATHLETICS

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
5	Men's Discus Throw F32/33/34	2012	London, GBR	20.64
6	Shot Put - F32	2008	Beijing, CHN	6.55
7	Men's Discus Throw F32/51	2008	Beijing, CHN	17.05
13	Men's Club Throw F31/32/51	2012	London, GBR	24.04
World Championships
2	Men's Discus Throw F32/33/34	2011	Christchurch, NZL	20.19
4	Men's Discus Throw F32	2006	Assen, NED	15.42
5	Club Throw - F32	2017	London, GBR	28.50
5	Men's Shot Put F32/33	2011	Christchurch, NZL	8.18
6	Club Throw - F32	2019	Dubai, UAE	28.71
6	Men's Club Throw F31/32/51	2011	Christchurch, NZL	26.25
8	Shot Put - F32	2006	Assen, NED	5.45
10	Men's Club Throw F32/51	2006	Assen, NED	21.51
European Championships
1	Club Throw - F32	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	34.31

BOCCIA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
16	Individual - BC2	2012	London, GBR
World Championships
4	Individual - BC2	2006	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
24	Individual - BC2	2010	Lisbon, POR
29	Individual - BC2	2014	Beijing, CHN

Fanda (denik.cz, 29 Jul 2014)

DJing, designing t-shirts. (Facebook page, 16 Feb 2020; znesnaze21.cz, 11 Mar 2021)

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Pavel Martinek, CZE

He has represented the Czech Republic in boccia, and placed 16th in the individual BC2 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (paralympic.org, 2017; SportsDeskOnline, 01 Apr 2020)

He has experienced back pain during his career. The problem took six months to recover from. (Athlete, 23 Apr 2012)

He took up athletics in 1995 at the Jedlicka Institute in Prague, Czech Republic. (Athlete, 23 Apr 2012)

He wanted to gain more independence and be able to walk without assistance. "The turning point for me was a visit to the gym, where my friend took me with him for the first time. That's when I said to myself, 'You'll never be healthy again, but you'll still stand on your own two feet and do something in the world'. The first sport I took up was boccia. It was a wonderful feeling. Suddenly, I didn't feel useless. I had something to live for, something to look forward to. Two years later I started with athletics. Thanks to my coach and his efforts, I can now walk without support, and have represented our country at the world championships and Paralympics." (Athlete, 23 Apr 2012; znesnaze21.cz, 11 Mar 2021)

Czech decathlete Roman Sebrle. (denik.cz, 29 Jul 2014)

"Believe and you will reach your goal." (denik.cz, 29 Jul 2014)

He was named the 2019 Best Athlete of SC JU Praha in the Czech Republic. (scjupraha.eu, 27 Jan 2020)