Vlastimil Hoferek

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Vlastimil Hoferek
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Vlastimil Hoferek
Personal information
NationalityCzech
Born (1946-11-06) 6 November 1946 (age 75)
Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Sport
Sport Track and field - hurdling
Club Vitkovice, Třinec

Vlastimil Hoferek (born 6 November 1946 in Ostrava) is a Czech former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles and 60 metres hurdles. During his career in which he represented Czechoslovakia, Hoferek participated in four international athletics meetings, one Summer Universiade, two European Athletics Indoor Championships and European Athletics Championships in Rome. He is the 60 metres hurdles Czechoslovak Record Holder (7.7 seconds) and the Czechoslovak Indoor Champion from 1973.

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Athletics career

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Vlastimil Hoferek at the Czechoslovak Universiade 1973

Hoferek started his athletics career under the coach Gibala in Trencin; in 1959 he continued in Ostrava-Poruba under the coach Frantisek Klusal and in 1964 he moved to Vitkovice athletics club in Ostrava where he trained under the coach Rudolf Chovanec. During his military service in 1966 - 1967 he trained in Banska Bystrica and thereafter he returned to Vitkovice club in Ostrava and run for the club until 1974. In 1972 he started to train with the coach Oto Svrsek and under Svrsek's leadership achieved his best results.

In 1973 Hoferek became the Czechoslovak Indoor Champion setting a national record of 7.7 s in the 60 m hurdles [1] which qualified him for the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Rotterdam. In the same year he also won a gold at the Czechoslovak Universiade running 14.2 s in the 110 m hurdles. In 1974 he collided with a press photographer during the final at the Czechoslovak Athletics Indoor Championship and missed his opportunity to defend his indoor champion title. [2] At the European Indoor Championship in Göteborg he also missed qualifying for the final by one hundredth of a second and came ninth. At the European Athletics Championships in Rome in 1974 he came tenth running the 110 m hurdlers in 13.89 s setting his personal best. In the same year he was sharing 26th-34th position in the world athletics table. [3]

In 1975 he was selected to prepare for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. [4] Following the relegation of Vitkovice club he transferred to Trinec athletics club in the same year but due to protracted injury he ended his career in 1976.

Post-retirement career

Since ending his active career in 1976 he continued to dedicate his free time to athletics and sport. During the years 1976 - 1991 he coached young athletes from Juvinelles and Juniors to Youth and the Under 21. Since 1982 till 2017 he was the chair of the regional athletics association of the Moravian-Silesian Region. During 1990-1992 he was the chair of the methodical committee and a member of VV ČAS (executive committee of Czechoslovak Athletics Association). He has been working as a track and field athletics official at both juvenile and international athletics events. Currently he is a member of supervisory committee for the Centre of Individual Sports in Ostrava.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
International competitions - representing Czechoslovakia
1973 European Athletics Indoor Championships Rotterdam, Netherlands 11th60 metres hurdles - 8.01 s
1973 Summer Universiade Moscow, Soviet Union semifinal110 metres hurdles - 14.51 s
1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships Goteborg, Sweden 9th60 metres hurdles - 8.02 s
1974 European Athletics Championships Rome, Italia 10th110 metres hurdles - 13.89 s
National Czechoslovak competitions
1972Czechoslovak Athletics Indoor Championships Jablonec nad Nisou, Czechoslovakia 2nd50 metres hurdles - 6.8 s
1973Czechoslovak Athletics Indoor Championships Jablonec nad Nisou, Czechoslovakia 1st60 metres hurdles - 7.7 s (NR)
1973 Czechoslovak Athletics Championships Banska Bystrica, Czechoslovakia 2nd110 metres hurdles - 14.0 s
1973Czechoslovak Universiade Banska Bystrica, Czechoslovakia 1st110 metres hurdles - 14.2 s
1974Czechoslovak Athletics Indoor Championships Jablonec nad Nisou, Czechoslovakia 2nd60 metres hurdles - 7.7 s
1974 Czechoslovak Athletics Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia 3rd110 metres hurdles - 13.8 s

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References

  1. Newspaper Československý sport, 12. February 1973
  2. Newspaper Československý sport, 25. February 1974
  3. Magazine Atletika, February 1975
  4. Newspaper Mladá fronta, 20. December 1974