Daniel Kotyza

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Daniel Kotyza
Personal information
NationalityCzech
Born (2000-10-05) 5 October 2000 (age 24)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 800m, 1500m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800m: 1:46.57 (Ostrava, 2024)
1500m: 3:44.33 (Ostrava, 2020)

Daniel Kotyza (born 5 October 2000) is a Czech middle-distance runner. He has won Czech national indoor championship titles over 800 metres and 1500 metres. He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships and has competed at the European Cross Country Championships. [1]

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Career

He finished fourth at the Czech Athletics Championships over 800 metres in July 2019 in Brno, running 1:51.39. [2] He won the Uhřice Circle - Run around Uhřice whilst competing for the University of Brno in January 2020. [3]

He won the Czech Indoor Athletics Championships title over 1500 metres in 2022, and over 800 metres in 2023. [4] [5] He competed for his country at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels, Belgium. [6] He set a new personal best in the 800 metres at the Czech Team Championships in Hodonín in September 2023, with a time of 1:47.15. [7] He lowered it to 1:46.57 in winning the Czech indoor title in 2024. [8]

He won the Czech Indoor Academic titles over 800 metres and 1500 metres in January 2025 in Ostrava. [9] He made his international major championships debut at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, finishing fifth in his preliminary heat, although was later disqualified following collision with another athlete. [10] He was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, in March 2025, where he finished fourth in his heat in a time of 1:49.76 and did not progress to the next stage. [11] [12]

Personal life

He attended the Faculty of Sports Studies at Masaryk University in Brno. [13]

References

  1. "Daniel Kotyza". World Athletics. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  2. "Czech Championships". World Athletics. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  3. "Running around Uhřice: Brno triumphs. Kotyza defeated Sural and defender Kopřivová". vyskovsky.denik.cz. 13 Jan 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  4. "Czech Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  5. "Czech Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  6. "Norka Grövdalová potřetí za sebou ovládla mistrovství Evropy v krosu". Idnes. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  7. "Kotyza second in Szczecin". Atletika.cz. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  8. "Czech Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  9. "Czech Academic Indoor Athletics Championships 2025". Milesplit. Jan 6, 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  10. "Manuel and Vondrová advance to the semifinals". Atletika.cz. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  11. "800 METRES MEN". World Athletics. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  12. "The line up for Nanjing includes 11 athletes". Atletika.cz. 13 March 2025.
  13. "The Bohunice campus was a place for the FSpS Dean's Cup". muni.cz. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2025.