Ladislav Pataki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ladislav Pataki

Czechoslovak athlete

Date of Birth: 20-Jun-1946

Place of Birth: Nové Zámky, Nitra Region, Slovakia

Date of Death: 05-Apr-2007

Profession: athletics competitor

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Ladislav Pataki (June 20, 1946 – April 5, 2007) was an American coach, sports scientist, and masters track and field thrower.
He defected from Czechoslovakia in 1985 with his wife and daughter, settling in Los Gatos, California. Dr.
Pataki served as SyberVision System's Director of Advanced Sport Science upon his arrival in 1985 to 1990. In this tenure he established and integrated the Stanford University/SyberVision-developed film-to-brain sport training technology into the USA Olympic elite athlete training program in Colorado Springs, CO. After SyberVision he influenced the training of several world-class athletes living in the South Bay Area, where he continued his sports science career and developed nutritional supplements.
As a masters competitor in track and field, he won several world championships and set world records in shot put and discus.He had surgery for brain cancer in the Czech Republic in 2006, after declining chemotherapy.
When the tumor could not be completely removed, he entered an assisted living residence in San Jose, California.
He died at age 60.