Miroslav Menc

Miroslav Menc
Personal information
Born (1971-03-16) 16 March 1971 (age 55)
Rumburk, Czechoslovakia
Sport
SportTrack and field
Medal record
Representing  Czech Republic
European Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place2000 GhentShot put

Miroslav Menc (born 16 March 1971) is a Czech shot putter, whose personal best put is 20.64 metres, achieved in September 2000 in Ostrava. He has an indoor personal best of 20.68 metres

In 1998 he received a two-year suspension from the IAAF after testing positive for stanozolol at a meet in Athens. He was disqualified from the 1998 European Indoor Championships. In 2001 he tested positive for norandrosterone, and became the first Czech athlete to receive a life ban.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Czechoslovakia
1990 World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 14th (q) Shot put 16.05 m
7th Discus throw 53.28 m
1993 Universiade Buffalo, United States 8th Shot put 18.45 m
Representing the  Czech Republic
1995 Universiade Fukuoka, Japan 4th Shot put 18.82 m
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 14th (q) Shot put 17.54 m
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 21st Shot put 18.69 m
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 9th Shot put 19.66 m
Universiade Catania, Italy 5th Shot put 19.53 m
World Championships Athens, Greece 9th (q) Shot put 19.23 m
2000 European Indoor Championships Ghent, Belgium 3rd Shot put 20.23 m
Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 10th Shot put 19.39 m
2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 6th Shot put 20.08 m

See also

References

  1. ↑ IAAF indoor profile for Miroslav Menc
  2. ↑ "Czech shot putter caught doping". CBS Sports. 25 June 2001. Retrieved 2006-12-31.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ 1998 European Indoor Championships, men't shot put
  4. ↑ "Shot-Putter Menc Banned for Life". Students' e-mail news from the Czech Republic. Charles University. 24 August 2001. Retrieved 2006-12-31.