Tomáš Fučík

Tomáš Fučík
Personal information
Full name Tomáš Fučík
National team  Czech Republic
Born (1985-05-23) 23 May 1985
Třebíč, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke, medley
Club Jihlavsky PK
Coach Markéta Kaplanova

Tomáš Fučík (born 23 May 1985) is a Czech former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke and individual medley events.[1] He represented his nation Czech Republic at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has owned multiple Czech championship titles and national records in both the 100 m backstroke and 200 m individual medley.[2] Fucik was also member of the Jihlavsky Swimming Club (Czech: Jihlavský klub plavání), under the tutelage of his personal coach Markéta Kaplanova.

Fucik competed for the Czech Republic in two swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, he scored the scintillating marks of 56.54 (100 m backstroke) and 2:03.57 (200 m individual medley), respectively, to remarkably slide each under the FINA B-cut at the Mare Nostrum Barcelona Meet in Spain.[3][4][5] In the 100 m backstroke, Fucik could not replicate his pre-Olympic feat with a 57.29 to round out the second heat in last place and forty-first overall from the prelims.[6] Three days later, in the 200 m individual medley, Fucik stormed home on the rear of the breaststroke leg to take the fourth spot in a lifetime best of 2:02.85, but missed out the semifinals with a thirty-first overall placement.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Tomáš Fučík". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Jana Klusackova Doubles During Final Night of Swimming at Czech National Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 15 July 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 100m Backstroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 21. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Individual Medley" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 40. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Tomáš Fučík splnil limit na OH" [Tomáš Fučík achieves an Olympic limit] (in Czech). E Plavání. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Swimming: Men's 100m Backstroke Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Swimming: Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
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