Arnošt Petráček Explained

Arnošt Petráček
Nickname:Arny
Birth Date:25 July 1991
Birth Place:Písek, Czechoslovakia
Hometown:Lipno nad Vltavou, Czech Republic
Height:1.48 m
Sport:Paralympic swimming
Disability:Phocomelia in upper limbs and luxation of knee joints
Disability Class:S4
Club:Para Plavani Praha

Arnošt Petráček (born 25 July 1991) is a Czech Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events. He specialises in backstroke swimming where he has won one Paralympic title in 2016, one World title including three silvers and two European titles.[1] [2] [3]

Career

In 2016, Petráček's portrait was minted onto Czech coins and was awarded these in Jablonec nad Nisou because of his success at the 2016 Summer Paralympics along with Lukáš Krpálek who won an Olympic gold in judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was awarded the Medal of Merit for his services in the sport by mayor Jiří Svoboda.[4] [5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 14 December 2017 . Petracek's journey to swimming gold took a year because of the earthquake (in Czech) . live . 29 April 2020 . iDNES.cz . https://web.archive.org/web/20200429095416/https://www.idnes.cz/sport/ostatni/arnost-petracek-rozhovor-plavani-handicap.A171214_370615_sporty_ten.
  2. Web site: 21 August 2020 . Arnost Petracek - Personal website . live . 10 April 2016 . Arnost Petracek . https://web.archive.org/web/20160410130358/http://www.arnostpetracek.cz/en/.
  3. Web site: 21 August 2020 . Arnost Petracek - IPC Athlete Bio . ipc.infostradasports.com.
  4. Web site: 7 December 2016 . Krpalek and Petracek are gold again, this time on coins from Jablonec (in Czech) . live . 8 September 2020 . iDNES.cz . https://web.archive.org/web/20200908042015/https://www.idnes.cz/liberec/zpravy/lukas-krpalek-a-arnost-petracek-zlata-mince.A161207_134702_liberec-zpravy_jape.
  5. Web site: 5 August 2020 . Olympic year of swimmer Arnost Petracek (in Czech) . live . 30 September 2020 . Radio Zurnal . https://web.archive.org/web/20200930003644/https://radiozurnal.rozhlas.cz/olympijsky-rok-plavce-arnosta-petracka-8129400.
  6. Web site: 12 January 2018 . Handicapped swimmer Arnost Petracek at the mayor's office (in Czech) . JcTED.cz.