Pavel Soukup (born 2 January 1971) is a retired Czech middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres. He is best known for winning bronze medals at the 1995 World Indoor Championships and the 1995 Summer Universiade. In addition, he competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as two World Championships.

His personal bests in the event are 1:45.37 outdoors (Nürnberg 1997) and 1:46.38 indoors (Ludwigshafen 1995).

Pavel Soukup

Personal life

Soukup was born on 2 January 1971 in Stod, but was raised in Tlučná.

Pavel Soukup

Competition record

References

1971 births

Living people

Czech male middle-distance runners

Czechoslovak male middle-distance runners

World Athletics Championships athletes for the Czech Republic

Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic

People from Stod

Competitors at the 1991 Summer Universiade

Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for the Czech Republic Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from the Plzeň Region

Pavel Soukup