Matěj Krsek

2015–2016

Krsek made his international debut at the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia. He finished in second place and won the silver medal in the 200 metres. The following year, he would return to Tbilisi for the 2016 European U18 Championships where he finished in seventh place in the 200 metres again.

2021–2022

He was an unused member of the Czech relay team at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. The following year, he lowered his 400 m personal best to 45.55 seconds to win the Czech national title.^[3][4]

2023

In March 2023, he finished fifth in the final of the 400 metres at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul.^[5]

He was part of the Czech team that won the bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres mixed relay at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in a new national record time of 3:11.98.^[6]

2024

Selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, he reached the final of the men's 400 meters where he finished in sixth place.^[7] He ran as part of the Czech 4 × 400 m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.^[8] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024.^[9]

2025-present

He was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn.^[10] He was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025.^[11]

He was selected for the 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid in June 2025, running 46.01 seconds to finish twelfth in the first division.^[12]

In August 2026, he competed in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England.^[13]

Personal bests

• 200 metres — 20.94 (Kladno 2020)
  • 200 metres indoor – 21.54 (Leipzig 2019)
• 300 metres — 32.89 (Turnov 2022)
  • 300 metres indoor — (Prague 2023)
• 400 metres — 45.53 (Paris 2024)
  • 400 metres indoor – 46.03 (Istanbul 2023)

International competitions

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Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
Representing the  Czech Republic
2015	European Youth Olympic Festival	Tbilisi, Georgia	2nd	200 m	21.90
2016	European U18 Championships	Tbilisi, Georgia	7th	200 m	21.69
2018	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	9th (sf)	400 m	46.59	NU20R
			5th	4 × 100 m relay	39.75	SB
2019	European U20 Championships	Borås, Sweden	4th	400 m	46.37
			—	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:08.50	NU20R
2021	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	10th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:09.79	SB
	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	19th (sf)	400 m	47.18
			11th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:09.79
2022	World Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	8th	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.63	NR
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	16th (sf)	400 m	45.92
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.82
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	5th	400 m	46.48
	European Team Championships First Division	Chorzów, Poland	9th	400 m	45.75	SB
			1st	4 × 400 m relay mixed	3:12.34	CR
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	36th (h)	400 m	45.99
			12 (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.99	NR
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay mixed	3:11.98	NR
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	6th	400 m	46.47
			–	4 × 400 m relay	DNF
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	21st (h)	400 m	46.69
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	11th (rep)	400 m	45.53
2025	World Indoor Championships	Nanjing, China	12th (h)	400 m	46.76
2026	European Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	14th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.72

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National titles

• Czech Athletics Championships (4)
  • 400 metres: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Czech Indoor Athletics Championships
  • 400 metres: 2023