Sport Athletics Height 1.82 m Role Olympic athlete | Name Jozef Plachy Event(s) 800 m, 1500 m Weight 73 kg | |
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Born 13 December 1936 (age 87) ( 1936-12-13 ) Kosice, Slovakia Club Slavia Kosice
HC Kosice
Dukla Praha Personal best(s) 800 m – 1:45.4 (1969)
1500 m – 3:37.04 (1977) | ||
Jozef Plachý (born 28 February 1949) is a former middle distance runner from Slovakia. He competed for Czechoslovakia at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics in the 800 m and at the 1980 Olympics in the 1500 m event with the best result of fifth place in 1968. In 1969–1974 Plachý won four medals at European championships, indoors and outdoors. On 27 June 1973 he "helped" Marcello Fiasconaro, by chasing him through the race, to set an 800 m world record in Milan.
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