{{short description|Czech javelin thrower}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image = 2011-06-09 Frydrych.jpg | image_size = | caption = Petr Frydrych at the 2011 Bislett Games | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|1|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Klatovy, Czechoslovakia<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/petr-frydrych-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418072642/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/petr-frydrych-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}}</ref> | height = 1.99 m | weight = 100 kg | country = {{CZE}} | sport = Athletics | event = Javelin throw | coach = Jan Železný | highestranking = | pb = 88.32 m (2017) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2017 London|Javelin throw}} }}
'''Petr Frydrych''' ({{IPA|cs|ˈpɛtr̩ ˈfrɪdrɪx}}; born 13 January 1988) is a Czech track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. His personal best of 88.32 m was set at the 2017 World Championships, where he won the bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/throws/javelin-throw/outdoor/men/senior |title=IAAF Toplists jt m |access-date=2010-05-27 |publisher=IAAF}}</ref> He is coached by world record holder and three-time Olympic Champion Jan Železný.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zlatatretra.cz/aktuality.asp?id=595 |publisher=Ostrava Golden Spike |date=2010-05-26 |access-date=2010-05-27 |title=Železný looks forward to women´s hamer throw and his own trainees |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007185329/http://www.zlatatretra.cz/aktuality.asp?id=595 |archive-date=2011-10-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Early career== Frydrych competed in the 2005 World Youth Championships, 2006 World Junior Championships<ref name="iaafprofile">{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=CZE/athcode=207685/index.html |publisher=IAAF |title=Frydrych Petr Biography |access-date=2010-05-27}}</ref> and 2007 European Junior Championships, without much success.
In 2009 Frydrych, by then under Železný's guidance,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sport.cz/ostatni/atletika/153416-kladivarka-safrankova-a-ostepar-frydrych-maji-z-me-23-stribro.html |title=Kladivářka Šafránková a oštěpař Frydrych mají stříbro z ME 22 |language=Czech |access-date=2010-05-27}}</ref> exploded to the international elite. He improved his personal best from 75.55 to 84.96<ref name="iaafprofile"/> and placed second in the European U23 Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, passed in the last round by Finland's Ari Mannio.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=52180.html |title=European U23 Champs - Day Three |date=2009-07-19 |access-date=2010-05-27 |publisher=IAAF |author=Michael Butcher}}</ref> He qualified for the final at the World Championships in Berlin, finishing 10th with a 79.29 effort.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://berlin.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/3658/AT-JT-M-f--A--.RS1.pdf |title=12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin Throw Results |access-date=2010-05-27 |publisher=IAAF |date=2009-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615053723/http://berlin.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/3658/AT-JT-M-f--A--.RS1.pdf |archive-date=2012-06-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The 2010 season started well for Frydrych, who first improved to 85.60 at the May 23 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, losing to Norway's two-time Olympic Champion Andreas Thorkildsen by only half a metre.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sport.cz/ostatni/atletika/169572-ostepar-frydrych-v-sanghaji-tesne-prohral-jen-s-thorkildsenem.html |title=Oštěpař Frydrych v Šanghaji těsně prohrál jen s Thorkildsenem |access-date=2010-05-27 |language=Czech}}</ref> Only four days later, he threw a world-leading 88.23 metres at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zlatatretra.cz/results.asp?season=2010&typ=r&eventid=0880040 |title=OSTRAVA GOLDEN SPIKE : Results |publisher=Ostrava Golden Spike |date=2010-05-27 |access-date=2010-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007185359/http://www.zlatatretra.cz/results.asp?season=2010&typ=r&eventid=0880040 |archive-date=2011-10-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In javelin's first appearance in the inaugural IAAF Diamond Race, at Oslo on June 4, Frydrych again placed a narrow second to Thorkildsen, this time with a mark of 85.33.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/dlm/eventcode=4459/sex=M/discCode=JT/result.html#MJT |publisher=IAAF |date=2010-06-04 |access-date=2010-06-04 |title= Official Results - Men - Javelin Throw}}</ref>
Frydrych was second to Thorkildsen once more at the Adidas Grand Prix in New York City,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/results/eventcode=4461/IWCtextresults.html |publisher=IAAF |title=adidas Grand Prix New York City, NY (USA) |access-date=2011-05-06}}</ref> but a back injury spoiled the rest of 2010 for him, and he only placed 10th at the European Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.diamondleague.com/en/News/NewsArticles/Wind-on-Andreas-and-Petrs-side/?Template=News |date=2011-05-05 |access-date=2011-05-06 |title=Wind on Andreas' and Petr's side |publisher=Diamond League}}</ref>
Frydrych won the 2011 Diamond League opener in Doha, Qatar with a mark of 85.32, almost a metre ahead of Robert Oosthuizen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.diamondleague-doha.com/Live-StartlistsResults/Overview1/Javelin-Throw/ |title=Javelin Throw |publisher=Diamond League |date=2011-05-06 |access-date=2011-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509022222/http://www.diamondleague-doha.com/Live-StartlistsResults/Overview1/Javelin-Throw/ |archive-date=2011-05-09 }}</ref>
==Seasonal bests by year== *2006 – 70.91 *2007 – 75.55 *2008 – 74.13 *2009 – 84.96 *2010 – 88.23 *2011 – 85.32 *2012 – 81.14 *2013 – 82.39 *2014 – 85.07 *2015 – 85.52 *2016 – 84.10 *2017 – '''88.32'''
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== *{{World Athletics||name=Petr Frydrych}}
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