Jiřà MužÃk
Jiří Mužík ( born September 1, 1976 in Plzeň) is a Czech athlete who was especially successful in the 400 - meter hurdles and the 4x400 - meter relay.
Mužík ran on June 1, 1997, his first 400 - meter hurdles race. In mid-July 1997, he occupied at the U23 European Championships in fourth place over the hurdles and won silver in the relay. On August 3, he ran in the semifinals of the 1997 World Championships with 48.27 s, the fastest time of his career, the next day he was eighth in 49.51 s in the final a month later, he finished at the Universiade in fourth place.
At the European Championships 1998 in Budapest Mužík twice reached the final, but was both over the hurdles and with the season only seventh. After he had retired at the 1999 World Championships in the semi-final, he competed at the European Indoor Championships in 2000 with the Czech squadron. As first runner he took the German Ingo Schultz from one second at the end won Mužík Jan Podebrasky, Stepan Tesařík and Karel Blaha 0.44 seconds ahead of the German squadron. In the outdoor season, he reached the semi-finals in Sydney Olympic.
At the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton in 2001, he qualified for the finals and took there the seventh and last place. At the European Indoor Championships 2002 in Vienna Mužík finished fifth in the 400 -meter run. In the hurdle finals the outdoor European Championships in Munich, Frenchman Stéphane Diagana was s can not be beat in 47.58, behind it Mužík and defending Paweł Januszewski delivered from Poland, a head - to-head race in which Mužík end up as runner-up in 48.43 s was ahead by 0.03 seconds. The Czech squadron took fourth place in Munich.
After Munich Mužík not reach a grand finale more. At the 2003 World Championships and the 2004 Olympics he was eliminated in the semifinals, respectively. Mužík was 1997, 2001, 2002 and 2004 Czech champion over 400 meters hurdles. He starts for Dukla Prague, is 1,81 m tall and his competition weight is 75 kg.