Jaroslav Brabec was a Czech track and field athlete who competed in the shot put.
10 Facts About Jaroslav Brabec
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Jaroslav Brabec twice represented Czechoslovakia at the Summer Olympics.
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Jaroslav Brabec was a three-time participant at the European Athletics Championships and a three-time medallist at the European Athletics Indoor Championships, being the champion at the 1973 edition.
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Jaroslav Brabec was a 13-time national champion for Czechoslovakia, eight times outdoors and five indoors.
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Jaroslav Brabec first emerged at national level at the age of twenty winning both the indoor and outdoor national titles.
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Jaroslav Brabec reached his first Olympic final later that year, coming tenth overall.
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Jaroslav Brabec had his highest ever seasonal ranking in 1973, in fourth place behind Americans Al Feuerbach and George Woods and Germany's Briesenick.
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Jaroslav Brabec competed at the 1974 European Athletics Championships, taking seventh place in what was his highest ever finish at that tournament.
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Jaroslav Brabec had his last three major international outings at the end of the 1970s, taking sixth at the 1978 and 1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships, as well as eighth at the 1978 European Athletics Championships.
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Jaroslav Brabec continued to be a presence at national level, taking national indoor titles in 1978 and 1979, before having three further outdoor wins in 1979,1981 and 1982.