Jan Tesař

Jan Tesař
Personal information
Born (1990-03-26) 26 March 1990 (age 33)
EducationCzech Technical University[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400 metres

Jan Tesař (born 26 March 1990) is a Czech sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.[2] He won the bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2015 European Indoor Championships which took place in Prague.

His personal bests in the 400 metres are 46.65 seconds outdoors (Zürich 2014) and 46.21 seconds indoors (Prague 2015). He improved his PB significantly to 45.73 when winning bronze at the 2015 Universiade.

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  Czech Republic
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 20th (sf) 400 m 47.27
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 19th (h) 4x400 m relay 3:04.54
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 30th (h) 400 m 46.65
8th 4x400 m relay 3:04.56
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 8th (sf) 400 m 47.11
3rd 4x400 m relay 3:04.09
Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 3rd 400 m 45.73
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 4th 4x400 m relay 3:03.86
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 8th (sf) 400 m 47.64
3rd 4x400 m relay 3:08.60
World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 4th (B) 4x400 m relay 3:08.17
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 11th (sf) 400 m 46.77
3rd 4x400 m relay 3:08.14
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 7th 4 × 400 m relay 3:03.00
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 21st (h) 400 m 1:26.29
World Relays Yokohama, Japan 3rd (B) 4 × 400 m relay 3:03.79
European Games Minsk, Belarus 2nd mixed 4 × 400 m relay 3:17.53
World Championships Doha, Qatar 11th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:02.97

References