Michal Rada
Czech athlete (born 2007)
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Michal Rada (born 25 May 2007) is a Czech hurdler. He won European U18 and U20 championships, and was World U20 Championships runner-up in 2024 over 400 metres hurdles.[1]
400m hurdles: 48.78 (Tampere, 2025) NU20R
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| Born | 25 May 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hurdles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60m hurdles:
7.74 (Prague, 2025) 400m hurdles: 48.78 (Tampere, 2025) NU20R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early and personal life
Career
A member of České Budějovice Sokol, he is coached by Jiří Couf. In January 2024, he set a new personal best for the 60 metres hurdles of 7.78 seconds, in Prague.[4]
In June 2024, he broke the Czech junior record for the 400 metres running 49.89 seconds at the Josef Odložil Memorial.[5] He won gold at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships in the 400 metres hurdles, running an under-18 European best time in July 2024, in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.[6] His twin sister, Nina Radová, also won a gold medal on the same day at the Championships, in the women’s 400m hurdles event.[7]
He competed at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024 in the men's 400 metres hurdles. He qualified for the final with a run of 49.36 seconds, a world U20 lead, a personal best and national U20 record.[8] In the final, he lowered the national record to 49.30 and won the silver medal.[9][10] In September 2024, he was nominated for the European Athletics Rising Star award.[11]
In January 2025, he set a new personal best of 7.74 seconds for the 60 metres hurdles in Prague.[12] In July 2025, he was selected for the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, winning the gold medal with a championship record of 48.78 in the men's 400m hurdles.[13][14] He also anchored the Czech 4 × 400 m relay team to the gold medal.[15] In September 2025, he was nominated for the European Athletics male rising star award.[16]