Arnošt Petráček (born 25 July 1991) is a Czech Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events. He specialises in backstroke swimming where he has won one Paralympic title in 2016, one World title including three silvers and two European titles.[1][2][3]
Career
editIn 2016, Petráček's portrait was minted onto Czech coins and was awarded these in Jablonec nad Nisou because of his success at the 2016 Summer Paralympics along with Lukáš Krpálek who won an Olympic gold in judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was awarded the Medal of Merit for his services in the sport by mayor Jiří Svoboda.[4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Petracek's journey to swimming gold took a year because of the earthquake (in Czech)". iDNES.cz. 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020.
- ^ "Arnost Petracek - Personal website". Arnost Petracek. 21 August 2020. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016.
- ^ "Arnost Petracek - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 21 August 2020.[dead link]
- ^ "Krpalek and Petracek are gold again, this time on coins from Jablonec (in Czech)". iDNES.cz. 7 December 2016. Archived from the original on 8 September 2020.
- ^ "Olympic year of swimmer Arnost Petracek (in Czech)". Radio Zurnal. 5 August 2020. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Handicapped swimmer Arnost Petracek at the mayor's office (in Czech)". JcTED.cz. 12 January 2018.
External links
edit- Arnost Petracek at the International Paralympic Committee
- Arnošt Petráček at the Český Paralympijský Výbor [cs] (in Czech)