| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Czech |
| Born | 5 September 2005 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 800m |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 800m: 1:44.82 (Bydgoszcz, 2024) NR |
Medal record | |
Jakub Dudycha (born 5 September 2005) is a Czech middle distance runner. He is Czech national record holder over 800 metres. He became Czech national champion in 2023. [1]
Dudycha is from Vysoké Mýto. In 2022 he won the 800m at 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem and reached the semi-finals of the Junior World Championships in Cali, Colombia. He set a personal best time of 1:48.58 at the Golden Spike event in Ostrava in June 2022. [2] [3]
He won the Czech Athletics Championships in Tábor in July 2023 over 800 metres. [4] He won the European Athletics U20 Championships 800 metres race in Jerusalem in August 2023. The following month, Dudycha broke the Czech junior record for 800 meters in Zagreb, running 1:45.84. [5]
In Lyon, in February 2024 he improved his own junior indoor Czech record in the 800 meters with a time of 1:47.12. [6]
He was selected for the European Athletics Championships in Rome in 2024 where, still aged 18 years-old, he ran a personal best time of 1:44.89 in the qualification heats, the third fastest time in Czech history. [7] That month, he set a senior national record of 1:44.82 in Bydgoszcz. [8]
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