Ondřej Macík
Czech athlete (born 2001)
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Ondřej Macík (born 12 January 2001) is a track and field athlete from the Czech Republic who competes as a sprinter. In 2023, he became Czech national champion over 200 metres both indoor and outdoor, and became the Czech national record holder over 200 metres outdoors. He competed at the 2024 Olympic Games.[1]
Career
Macík was inspired to take up athletics after watching Pavel Maslák at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Prague.[2] Macík trains with Dukla Prague, whose members include Olympic snowboard cross champion Eva Adamczyková.[3]
In June 2023 Macík was a finalist at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland.[4] In July 2023, he broke the Czech national record for the 200 metres, running 20.39 in Tábor.[5]
Competing at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary in August 2023, he reached the semifinals with a run of 20.40 seconds in the qualifying heats.[6][7] In November 2023, he was pronounced Newcomer athlete (track and field) of the year within Czechia and placed eleventh overall in the vote for all athletes.[8]
He ran as part of the Czech 4x100m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[9] He competed in the 200m at the 2024 Paris Olympics where he ran 21.03 in his qualifying heat and 21.-4 seconds in the repechage round, but did not progress to the semi-finals.[10]
He finished runner-up over 200 metres at the Czech Indoor Athletics Championships in Ostrava in February 2025, running a time of 20.79 seconds to finish behind Tomáš Němejc.[11] In June 2025, he was part of the Czech men's 4 x 100 metres relay team which set a new senior national record, whilst competing at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid; running 38.59 seconds alongside Zdeněk Stromšík, Eduard Kubelík and Němejc.[12]