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| Born | 25 May 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 60m hurdles:
7.74 (Prague, 2025) 400m hurdles: 48.78 (Tampere, 2025) NU20R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michal Rada (born 25 May 2007) is a Czech hurdler. He was the gold medalist at the 2026 World U20 Championships in the 400 metres hurdles having previously also won the European U18 and U20 championships.[1]
Early and personal life
[edit]Born 10 minutes apart, his twin sister Nina Radová also competes in athletics. Both attended the Česká School of Sports Grammar.[2] Both took part in the 2022 Czech Student Championships in Prague, with Michal winning gold in the long jump and silver in the 60 metres hurdles.[3]
Career
[edit]A member of České Budějovice Sokol, he is coached by Jiří Couf. In January 2024, he set a new personal best for the 60 metres hurdles of 7.78 seconds, in Prague.[4]
In June 2024, he broke the Czech junior record for the 400 metres running 49.89 seconds at the Josef Odložil Memorial.[5] He won gold at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships in the 400 metres hurdles, running an under-18 European best time in July 2024, in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.[6] His twin sister, Nina Radová, also won a gold medal on the same day at the Championships, in the women’s 400m hurdles event.[7]
He competed at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024 in the men's 400 metres hurdles. He qualified for the final with a run of 49.36 seconds, a world U20 lead, a personal best and national U20 record.[8] In the final, he lowered the national record to 49.30 and won the silver medal.[9][10] In September 2024, he was nominated for the European Athletics Rising Star award.[11]
In January 2025, he set a new personal best of 7.74 seconds for the 60 metres hurdles in Prague.[12] In July 2025, he was selected for the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, winning the gold medal with a championship record of 48.78 in the men's 400m hurdles.[13][14] He also anchored the Czech 4 × 400 m relay team to the gold medal.[15] In September 2025, he was nominated for the European Athletics male rising star award.[16]
In August 2026, he was a finalist in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships.[17]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Michal Rada". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ↑ Reyes, Alondra Naupari. "Double the talent: Czech twins and Croatian sisters compete at Lima 2024". Aipsmedia. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ↑ "Michal Rada gold in the distance, silver in the hurdles. Nina Radová fifth in the distance". Atletika.Sokol.cbu.cz. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ↑ Majer, Vladimir (18 January 2024). "Michal Rada from Sokol České Budějovice continues". ceskobudejovicky.denik.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ↑ "Na Odložilově memoriálu vyhráli čtyři čeští atleti, Meindlschmid v rekordu". iDNES.cz. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ↑ "Holubová a sourozenci Radovi mají zlato z atletického ME do 18 let". iDNES.cz. 21 July 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ↑ "Twin assault on glory as Czechs win three golds in Banska Bystrica". European Athletics. 21 July 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ↑ "Walaza storms to sprint double at World U20 Championships in Lima". World Athletics. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ↑ "World U20 Championships". World Athletics. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ↑ "Fayisa flies to 1500m gold for Ethiopia on day five in Lima". World Athletics. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ↑ "Nominees revealed! Vote for your 2024 men's Rising Star". European Athletics. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ↑ "Veřejné závody". World Athletics. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ↑ "Final entries published for 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships". European Athletics. 29 Jul 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ↑ "THREE GOLDS FOR BRITAIN ON DAY THREE OF THE EUROPEAN U20 CHAMPS". Athletics Weekly. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ↑ Mills, Steven (10 August 2025). "Doualla strikes again! 15-year-old anchors Italy to 4x100m gold in Tampere". European Athletics. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ↑ Broadbent, Chris (25 Sep 2025). "Nominees revealed! Vote for 2025 men's Rising Star". European Athletics. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
- ↑ "Italy break world U20 mixed 4x100m record to get gold in Oregon". worldathletics.org. 8 August 2026. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
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