Pavel Kantorek
Appearance
![]() Kantorek in 1958 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 8 February 1930
Died | 10 November 2023 Prague, Czech Republic | (aged 93)
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Long-distance running |
Club | Sparta Praha, RH Praha |
Pavel Kantorek (8 February 1930 – 10 November 2023) was long-distance runner from Czechoslovakia. He was born in Prague. He represented Czechoslovakia in three consecutive Summer Olympics in the men's marathon, starting in 1956. Kantorek was a three-time winner of the Košice Peace Marathon. He set a course record of 2:19:06 at the Ostrava Marathon, a record that was still standing 52 years later.[1]
Kantorek died in Prague on 10 November 2023, at the age of 93.[2]
Marathon races
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1958 | Košice Peace Marathon | Košice, Czechoslovakia | 1st | Marathon | 2:29:37 |
1959 | Enschede Marathon | Enschede, Netherlands | 1st | Marathon | 2:26:48 |
1959 | Ostrava Marathon | Ostrava, Czechoslovakia | 1st | Marathon | 2:19:06 |
1961 | Fukuoka Marathon | Fukuoka, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:22:05 |
1962 | Košice Peace Marathon | Košice, Czechoslovakia | 1st | Marathon | 2:28:29 |
1964 | Košice Peace Marathon | Košice, Czechoslovakia | 1st | Marathon | 2:25:55 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Ostravský maraton čeká na mužský rekord dvaapadesát let". idnes.cz (in Czech). 23 September 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ "Pavel Kantorek". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
External links
[edit]Pavel Kantorek at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Pavel Kantorek at World Athletics
- Pavel Kantorek at Olympedia
- Pavel Kantorek at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech)
Kategorien:
- 1930 births
- 2023 deaths
- Athletes from Prague
- Czechoslovak male long-distance runners
- Czech male long-distance runners
- Czech male marathon runners
- Czechoslovak male marathon runners
- Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Czechoslovak Athletics Championships winners
- Czech athletics biography stubs