Josef Matoušek (athlete), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJosef Matoušek (athlete)
Czech athletics competitor
Date of Birth: 07-Sep-1928
Place of Birth: Žampach, Pardubice Region, Czech Republic
Date of Death: 11-May-2019
Profession: athletics competitor
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Josef Matoušek (athlete)
- Josef Matoušek (September 7, 1928 - May 11, 2019) was a Czech track and field athlete known primarily for the hammer throw.
- He was born in Žampach, Pardubický kraj, Czechoslovak Republic.
- He represented his native country at the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics finishing ninth.
- At the time he made it to the Olympics, he was 36 years old.
- A year before the Olympics, he threw his personal best of 68.78m, and later that season after his 35th birthday he threw 66.82m which became the Masters M35 world record.
- Had he been able to put together another 68 meter throw in the Olympics it would have made a bronze medal.
- He also competed at the 1962 European Athletics Championships.
- He died in his home in the village of Castolovice.
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