Martin Škacha
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| Full name | Martin Škacha | ||||||||||||
| National team |
 Czech Republic | ||||||||||||
| Born |
28 October 1983 Polička, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||
| Club | Kometa Brno | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Ondřej Butir | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Martin Škacha (born October 28, 1983) is a Czech former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.[1] He won a bronze medal in the 100 m freestyle (51.52) at the 2001 European Junior Swimming Championships in Valletta, Malta.[2] Skacha is also a member of the swimming team for Kometa Brno, and is trained by head coach Ondřej Butir.
Skacha qualified for the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, as a member of the Czech Republic team, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[3][4] Teaming with Michal Rubáček, Květoslav Svoboda, and Josef Horký in heat two, Skacha anchored the last 50 metres to finish the race with a split of 1:52.35, but the Czechs settled only for seventh place and thirteenth overall in a final time of 7:26.26.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "Martin Škacha". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "Croatia's Draganja, Britain's Goddard Impress as Euro Juniors Come to a Close". Swimming World Magazine. 9 July 2001. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "Štafeta 4×200 metrů poplave v Aténách" [4×200 meters relay swim in Athens] (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 6 July 2004. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 4×200m Freestyle Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ Whitten, Phillip (17 August 2004). "Men's 800 Free Relay, Day 4: US, Australia Qualify 1–2". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
External links
- Profile – Sportovči Česká (Czech)
- Profile – Mladá fronta DNES (Czech)
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