Petr Meindlschmid
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| Nationality | Czech | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 January 2006 Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long jump | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Long jump: 8.03m (Rome, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
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Petr Meindlschmid (born 15 January 2006) is a Czech long jumper. In 2024, he became Czech national champion at the Czech Athletics Championships at the age of 18 years-old. That summer, he was a finalist at the 2024 European Athletics Championships and competed at the 2024 Olympic Games.
Early life
[edit]Petr Meindlschmid was born on 15 January 2006 in Uherské Hradiště.[1] He was a footballer at youth level, playing for 1. FC Slovácko and the Czech national under-16 football team.[2][3]
Career
[edit]He won gold in the long jump at the 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.[4] He also won gold in the long jump at the 2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Maribor, Slovenia.[5][6] However, he broke his hand after falling during the relay handover and missed the European Junior Championships in Jerusalem that summer.[7]
In June 2024, he won the long jump at the Josef Odlozil Memorial event in Prague with a jump of 7.92 metres.[8] Later that month he finished seventh in the final of the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, jumping a new Czech junior record of 8.03 metres, despite being the youngest competitor in the field.[9][10] In June 2024, he won the Czech U20 long jump title in Ostrava,[11] and the Czech senior national title in Zlín.[12] He competed in the long jump at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, where he jumped 6.97 metres but did not progress to the final.[13]
In January 2025, he won the men’s long jump at the Otrokovice Jump 2025, part of the World Athletics Indoor Tour Challenger, clinching victory with a 7.70 metres jump with the final jump of the competition.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Petr Meindlschmid" (in Czech). Czech Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Nový atletický talent? Musím dát nejdřív sbohem fotbalu, usmívá se Meindlschmid" (in Czech). Czech Television. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Atletika porazila fotbal. Talentovaný dálkař poslechl srdce a potěšil Jušku". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 10 January 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "16th European Youth Olympic Festival". World Athletics. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "An enormous success! Czech athletes won a record 20 medals at the EYOF in Maribor". Olympijskytym.cz. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "17th European Youth Olympic Festival". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "TIME for a podcast - Petr Meindlschmid". Atletika.cz. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ "Athletics. Anvar Anvarov won the prize at the international tournament in Prague". Sports.uz. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Czech teenage prospect Meindlschmid shines in Otrokovice". European Athletics. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ "Staněk byl centimetry od medaile. Meindlschmid skončil sedmý". iDNES.cz. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Czech U20 Championships". World Athletics. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.<
- ^ "Czech Championships". World Athletics. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.<
- ^ "Men's Long jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "Czech teenage prospect Meindlschmid shines in Otrokovice". European Athletics. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
