Petr Meindlschmid

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Petr Meindlschmid
Personal information
NationalityCzech
Born (2006-01-15) 15 January 2006 (age 19)
Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic
Sport
SportAthletics
EventLong jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Long jump: 8.03m (Rome, 2024)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Czechia
European U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2025 Tampere Long jump
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place 2023 Maribor Long jump
Gold medal – first place 2022 Banská Bystrica Long jump

Petr Meindlschmid (born 15 January 2006) is a Czech long jumper. In 2024, he became Czech national champion at the Czech Athletics Championships at the age of 18 years-old. That summer, he was a finalist at the 2024 European Athletics Championships and competed at the 2024 Olympic Games.

Early life

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Petr Meindlschmid was born on 15 January 2006 in Uherské Hradiště.[1] He was a footballer at youth level, playing for 1. FC Slovácko and the Czech national under-16 football team.[2][3]

Career

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He won gold in the long jump at the 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.[4] He also won gold in the long jump at the 2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Maribor, Slovenia.[5][6] However, he broke his hand after falling during the relay handover and missed the European Junior Championships in Jerusalem that summer.[7]

In June 2024, he won the long jump at the Josef Odlozil Memorial event in Prague with a jump of 7.92 metres.[8] Later that month he finished seventh in the final of the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, jumping a new Czech junior record of 8.03 metres, despite being the youngest competitor in the field.[9][10] In June 2024, he won the Czech U20 long jump title in Ostrava,[11] and the Czech senior national title in Zlín.[12] He competed in the long jump at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, where he jumped 6.97 metres but did not progress to the final.[13]

In January 2025, he won the men’s long jump at the Otrokovice Jump 2025, part of the World Athletics Indoor Tour Challenger, clinching victory with a 7.70 metres jump with the final jump of the competition.[14] At the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, he reached the final with the best jump in qualification of 7.82 metres, equalling his seasons best. He then won the gold medal with a best jump in the final of 7.89m (+1.0m/s).[15][16]

References

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  1. ^ "Petr Meindlschmid" (in Czech). Czech Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Nový atletický talent? Musím dát nejdřív sbohem fotbalu, usmívá se Meindlschmid" (in Czech). Czech Television. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Atletika porazila fotbal. Talentovaný dálkař poslechl srdce a potěšil Jušku". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 10 January 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  4. ^ "16th European Youth Olympic Festival". World Athletics. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  5. ^ "An enormous success! Czech athletes won a record 20 medals at the EYOF in Maribor". Olympijskytym.cz. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  6. ^ "17th European Youth Olympic Festival". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  7. ^ "TIME for a podcast - Petr Meindlschmid". Atletika.cz. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Athletics. Anvar Anvarov won the prize at the international tournament in Prague". Sports.uz. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Czech teenage prospect Meindlschmid shines in Otrokovice". European Athletics. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  10. ^ "Staněk byl centimetry od medaile. Meindlschmid skončil sedmý". iDNES.cz. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Czech U20 Championships". World Athletics. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.<
  12. ^ "Czech Championships". World Athletics. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.<
  13. ^ "Men's Long jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  14. ^ "Czech teenage prospect Meindlschmid shines in Otrokovice". European Athletics. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  15. ^ "14.24m! Saraceni wins triple jump with championship record". European Athletics. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  16. ^ "Over 80 metres! 80.68m for Szabados in hammer qualifying in Tampere 2025". European Athletics. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.