Arnošt Petráček
Appearance
Arnošt Petráček (born 25 July 1991) is a Czech Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events. He specialises in backstroke swimming where he has won one Paralympic title in 2016, one World title including three silvers and two European titles.[1][2][3]
Career
[edit]In 2016, Petráček's portrait was minted onto Czech coins and was awarded these in Jablonec nad Nisou because of his success at the 2016 Summer Paralympics along with Lukáš Krpálek who won an Olympic gold in judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was awarded the Medal of Merit for his services in the sport by mayor Jiří Svoboda.[4][5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Petracek's journey to swimming gold took a year because of the earthquake (in Czech)". iDNES.cz. 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020.
- ^ "Arnost Petracek - Personal website". Arnost Petracek. 21 August 2020. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016.
- ^ "Arnost Petracek - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 21 August 2020.[dead link ]
- ^ "Krpalek and Petracek are gold again, this time on coins from Jablonec (in Czech)". iDNES.cz. 7 December 2016. Archived from the original on 8 September 2020.
- ^ "Olympic year of swimmer Arnost Petracek (in Czech)". Radio Zurnal. 5 August 2020. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Handicapped swimmer Arnost Petracek at the mayor's office (in Czech)". JcTED.cz. 12 January 2018.
External links
[edit]- Arnost Petracek at the International Paralympic Committee
- Arnošt Petráček at the Český Paralympijský Výbor [cs] (in Czech)
Categories:
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Písek
- Sportspeople from České Budějovice
- Paralympic swimmers for the Czech Republic
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for the Czech Republic
- Paralympic silver medalists for the Czech Republic
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the Czech Republic
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships
- Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)
- Czech male freestyle swimmers
- S4-classified para swimmers