David Kostelecký (Czech pronunciation: [ˈdavɪt ˈkostɛlɛtskiː]; born May 12, 1975, in Brno, Czechoslovakia,[1]) is a male Czech sports shooter. He won the gold medal in the Men's Trap event at the 2008 Summer Olympics[2] and the silver medal in the same event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]
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| Born | May 12, 1975 Brno, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sports career
editHe started shooting after receiving an air rifle from his grandfather, a hunter, and following his older brother.[4] Being a junior, he was labeled unperspective, as he stated in 2021.[4]
Nevertheless, in 1993, Kostelecký won a bronze medal at the European junior championships in his home Brno. He won junior world championships in 1995 in Nicosia, where he finished second in the European championships in 1995, starting his senior championships medal collection. In 1996, he participated in his first Olympics, finishing 31st in the qualification round behind both his compatriots (Jiří Gach finished eighth and Pavel Kubec 13th).[5]
In 2002 he became European champion in Lonato taking advantage from the basic round result of 122 and keeping off Marco Venturini in the final.[6] It was the first individual European gold in trap for any Czech shooter. He also finished second in the 2006 ISSF World Cup final.[7]
After adding silver in 2011 and bronze in 2014, Kostelecký won his second European championships title in 2017 in Baku.[8]
Personal life
editKostelecký married Slovak shooter Lenka Barteková in 2010,[9] a year later their son Daniel was born.[10]
Olympic results
edit| Event | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2021 |
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| Trap | 31st 118 |
6th 116 22 |
— |  Gold121 25 |
14th 120 |
4th 118 13 9 |
 Silver123 5 6 |
Records
edit| Current world records held in Olympic Trap | ||||||||
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| Men | Qualification | 125 |  Giovanni Pellielo (ITA) Ray Ycong (USA) Marcello Tittarelli (ITA) Lance Bade (USA) Pavel Gurkin (RUS) David Kostelecký (CZE) Massimo Fabbrizi (ITA) Massimo Fabbrizi (ITA) Michael Diamond (AUS) Giovanni Pellielo (ITA) Casey Wallace (USA) Jean Pierre Brol Cardenas (GUA) James Willett (AUS) Josip Glasnovic (CRO) Jiří Lipták (CZE) Sebastien Guerrero (FRA)
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April 1, 1994 June 9, 1995 June 11, 1996 July 23, 1998 August 10, 2005 October 5, 2006 May 15, 2009 September 6, 2011 August 6, 2012 April 18, 2013 October 16, 2014 August 15, 2015 March 19, 2019 April 9, 2019 June 2, 2021 September 24, 2023 |
Nicosia (CYP) Lahti (FIN) Suhl (GER) Barcelona (ESP) Americana (BRA) Granada (ESP) Munich (GER) Belgrade (SRB) London (ENG) Al Ain (UAE) Guadalajara (MEX) Qabala (AZE) Guadalajara (MEX) Al Ain (UAE) Osijek (CRO) Osijek (CRO) |
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References
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- ^ "Athlete Biography". Beijing Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on January 5, 2009.
- ^ "Kostelecky perfect in final round to win trap". Associated Press. August 10, 2008. Archived from the original on August 13, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2008.
- ^ Novotný, Pavel (July 29, 2021). "Historický triumf v Tokiu! Češi rozdrtili zbytek světa. Lipták vystřílel zlato, Kostelecký stříbro". PRÁVO. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
- ^ a b "Jsi neperspektivní, slyšel Kostelecký před 30 lety. Znamená stříbro loučení?". iSport.cz (in Czech). 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996 Shooting trap 125 targets men results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
- ^ "Kostelecký je mistrem Evropy v trapu". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 2002-05-29. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
- ^ "ISSF". International Shooting Sport Federation. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2008.
- ^ "Střelec Kostelecký je podruhé v kariéře mistrem Evropy v trapu". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 2017-07-27. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
- ^ "Olympijský vítěz Kostelecký se oženil se slovenskou střelkyní Bartekovou a čekají rodinu". Sport.cz (in Czech). 2010-10-02. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
- ^ "Olympijský vítěz Kostelecký má syna Denise". iSport.cz (in Czech). 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
External links
edit- David Kostelecký at ISSF
- David Kostelecký at Olympics.com
- David Kostelecký at Olympedia
- David Kostelecký at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech)
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