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Emil Zátopek. Emil Zátopek. Czech long distance runner , olympic legend Nicknam e the "Czech Locomotive" for his multiple golds The only long-distance athlete , who win three gold medals at a single Games
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Emil Zátopek • Czechlong distance runner, olympic legend • Nickname the "Czech Locomotive" for his multiple golds • Theonly long-distance athlete , whowin three gold medals at a single Games • Till his nineteen years he didn´t run any race and he didn´t train the running September 19, 1922 – November 22, 2000
Earlyyears • Emil Zátopek was born in 1922 in Kopřivnice. His father worked like a joiner in Tatra. He had six brothers and sisters. He was the fastest boy in the class and he ran forthe teacher snack at the break. He played football, too. After the primary school he went to the secondary chemistry school to Zlín. Thenhe worked in Baťa factory. It is incredible, but till his nineteen he didn´t run any race and he didn´t train the running. TheOnlychanceofstartinghis sports careerwasin the last year of studying, when he got his new PEteacher, who was very strict. All boys had to run in Sunday´s runningaroundZlín. But Zátopek didn´t want to run. He said, that he couldn´t run, because his kneewassick. But the teacher took him to the doctor and the doctor said, that he was healthy. The teacher was very angry and said, that he was just lazy. The next day he ran very fast and he was thesecondfrom more than 100 runners.
Competitions • After his firstrace, he was stopped by Tomᚊalé, who looked for the talents in this race. Emil startedwithtrainingand Tomáš became his first coach. • Zátopek first entered the international athletics field at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, winning the 10 km (his second race at that distance) and finishing as second behind Gaston Reiff from Belgium in the 5 kmrace. • The following year Zátopek broke the 10 km world record twice, and went on to improve his own record three times over the next four seasons. He also set records in the 5 km, 20 km, one-hour run, 25 km and 30 kmraces. • He won the 5 km and 10 kmraces at the 1950 European Championship and the 10 kmrace at the next European Championships.
Helsinki 1952 At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Zátopek won gold in the 5 km run, 10 km run and the marathon. He also broke the existing Olympic record in each of the three events. Probablythehardest run was marathon, because itwasthethird run in 8 daysand it was the first time he had run the 26-mile marathon.
Goldencouple • To add to the glory of Zatopek's golden games in Helsinki, his wife Dana won the javelinthrow event shortly after he took the 5,000 meters and they became the first husband and wife, who won Olympic gold medals on the same day. • The couple, born on the same day, had married on their common birthday in 1948. • Zatopek was unable to repeat his Helsinki triumphs at the Melbourne Olympics of 1956, becausetwo months ago he underwent operation of rupture. • He continued to run into his 60's but in his mid-70's he finally began to slow down.
TheEnd http://www.rediff.cm/sports/2000/nov/22zato1.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Z%C3%A1topek http://zivotopisyonline.cz/emil-zatopek-1991922-22112000-nejvetsi-z-nasich-olympioniku/ http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/romance-passion/great-lovers-a-celebration-of-true-romance-1895508.html?action=Gallery&ino=31 Jaroslav Seifrt, 2011
