Josef Doležal

Josef Dolezal ( born December 12, 1920 in Pribram, † January 28, 1999 in Prague) was a Czech athlete who took 1946 to 1960 for Czechoslovakia. While walking, he was Olympic silver medalist and European Champion. presented ten world records and world bests at various distances of 5 miles ( 8 km) to 50 km, on.

Successes in detail

Josef Dolezal presented ten world records and world best in his career. On the train he went 1951 on 20,000 meters of 1:30:26 hours. On the road he corrected the record in a 20 km Walk 1956 1:30:00 hours and the record in the 50- km Walk 1954 4:16:06 hours.

At the European Championships in 1946 Dolezal was disqualified over 50 km. Four years later he won the European Championships in 1950 over 50 km Place 4 Another four years later at the European Championships 1954, he won the 10,000 meters and was walking over 50km second behind Vladimir Uchow from the Soviet Union.

Josef Dolezal in 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games at the start. In 1952, he was over 50 km of second behind Giuseppe Dordoni. In 1956 he gave up both 20 km and 50 km. At the end of his career, he finished 17th place in 1960 over 50km.

Josef Dolezal had a competition weight of 66 kg at a height of 1.72 m.

Swell

• Peter Matthews (ed): Athletics in 1999, Surbiton, Surrey 1999 ISBN 1899807-047 (contains an obituary )
• Ekkehard to Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Fields Athletics, Berlin 1999, published via German Society for Athletics documentation eV