David Kostelecký

David Kostelecký (Czech pronunciation: [ˈdavɪt ˈkostɛlɛtskiː]; born May 12, 1975, in Brno, Czechoslovakia,[1]) is a male Czech sports shooter. He won the gold medal in the Men's Trap event at the 2008 Summer Olympics[2] and the silver medal in the same event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

David Kostelecký
David Kostelecký
Personal information
Born (1975-05-12) May 12, 1975
Brno, Czechoslovakia
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Czech Republic
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2008 BeijingTrap
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoTrap
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2011 BelgradeTrap
Silver medal – second place2011 BelgradeTeam trap
Silver medal – second place2017 MoscowTeam trap
Silver medal – second place2022 OsijekTeam trap
Bronze medal – third place2009 MariborTeam trap
Bronze medal – third place2014 GranadaTeam trap
Bronze medal – third place2023 BakuTeam trap
European Games
Gold medal – first place2019 MinskTrap
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2002 Lonato del GardaTrap
Gold medal – first place2010 KazanTeam trap
Gold medal – first place2011 BelgradeTeam trap
Gold medal – first place2017 BakuTrap
Silver medal – second place1998 NicosiaTrap
Silver medal – second place2008 NicosiaTrap
Silver medal – second place2011 BelgradeTrap
Silver medal – second place2012 LarnacaTeam trap
Silver medal – second place2016 Lonato del GardaTeam trap
Silver medal – second place2023 OsijekTeam trap
Bronze medal – third place2014 SarlóspusztaTrap
Bronze medal – third place2017 BakuTeam trap

Sports career

He started shooting after receiving an air rifle from his grandfather, a hunter, and following his older brother.[4] Being a junior, he was labeled unperspective, as he stated in 2021.[4]

Nevertheless, in 1993, Kostelecký won a bronze medal at the European junior championships in his home Brno. He won junior world championships in 1995 in Nicosia, where he finished second in the European championships in 1995, starting his senior championships medal collection. In 1996, he participated in his first Olympics, finishing 31st in the qualification round behind both his compatriots (Jiří Gach finished eighth and Pavel Kubec 13th).[5]

In 2002 he became European champion in Lonato taking advantage from the basic round result of 122 and keeping off Marco Venturini in the final.[6] It was the first individual European gold in trap for any Czech shooter. He also finished second in the 2006 ISSF World Cup final.[7]

After adding silver in 2011 and bronze in 2014, Kostelecký won his second European championships title in 2017 in Baku.[8]

Personal life

Kostelecký married Slovak shooter Lenka Barteková in 2010,[9] a year later their son Daniel was born.[10]

Olympic results
Event 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2021
Trap 31st
118		 6th
116+22		 — 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
121+25		 14th
120		 4th
118+13+9		 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver
123+5+6

Records
Current world records held in Olympic Trap
Men Qualification 125  Giovanni Pellielo (ITA)
 Ray Ycong (USA)
 Marcello Tittarelli (ITA)
 Lance Bade (USA)
 Pavel Gurkin (RUS)
 David Kostelecký (CZE)
 Massimo Fabbrizi (ITA)
 Massimo Fabbrizi (ITA)
 Michael Diamond (AUS)
 Giovanni Pellielo (ITA)
 Casey Wallace (USA)
 Jean Pierre Brol Cardenas (GUA)
 James Willett (AUS)
 Josip Glasnovic (CRO)		 April 1, 1994
June 9, 1995
June 11, 1996
July 23, 1998
August 10, 2005
October 5, 2006
May 15, 2009
September 6, 2011
August 6, 2012
April 18, 2013
October 16, 2014
August 15, 2015
March 19, 2019
April 9, 2019		 Nicosia (CYP)
Lahti (FIN)
Suhl (GER)
Barcelona (ESP)
Americana (BRA)
Granada (ESP)
Munich (GER)
Belgrade (SRB)
London (ENG)
Al Ain (UAE)
Guadalajara (MEX)
Qabala (AZE)
Guadalajara (MEX)
Al Ain (UAE)

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to David Kostelecký.
  1. "Athlete Biography". Beijing Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on January 5, 2009.
  2. "Kostelecky perfect in final round to win trap". Associated Press. August 10, 2008. Archived from the original on August 13, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2008.
  3. Novotný, Pavel (July 29, 2021). "Historický triumf v Tokiu! Češi rozdrtili zbytek světa. Lipták vystřílel zlato, Kostelecký stříbro". PRÁVO. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  4. "Jsi neperspektivní, slyšel Kostelecký před 30 lety. Znamená stříbro loučení?". iSport.cz (in Czech). 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  5. "Atlanta 1996 Shooting trap 125 targets men results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  6. "Kostelecký je mistrem Evropy v trapu". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 2002-05-29. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  7. "ISSF". International Shooting Sport Federation. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2008.
  8. "Střelec Kostelecký je podruhé v kariéře mistrem Evropy v trapu". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 2017-07-27. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  9. "Olympijský vítěz Kostelecký se oženil se slovenskou střelkyní Bartekovou a čekají rodinu". Sport.cz (in Czech). 2010-10-02. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  10. "Olympijský vítěz Kostelecký má syna Denise". iSport.cz (in Czech). 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2022-08-13.


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