CZECH REP.

Name

Date and city of birth

Michal Michalík

12/07/1980

How long have you been playing pentathlon?                                 

How long have you been  in the  national team?

 15 years

since 2001

How did you start playing pentathlon?

How did the athletes in your country start playing pentathlon?

My sister shows me the pentathlon

Most young athletes come from swimming team

When was your first good result?

When was your best result?

1th place in junior word championship 2001

3nd place word championship 2003

Where do you train?
Have you ever changed cities for training pentathlon?

Where, in your contry, is it possible to play high level pentathlon?

I train in Pilsen where I live too. Horse riding and fencing I train in other places (Tachov and in Prague).

Only in Prague, where there is the national team. It  is 50 minute drive from Pilsen.

Who do you train with?

Who do the other athletes of your national team train with?

I train something alone, something with Czech national team of fencing and pentathlon and with young tri-athletes.

Other athletes train in Prague.

How many hours do you train a day?
And how many days  a week?

How many hours do the others athletes of your national team train a day? And how many days a week?

I train 4/8 hours a day .
 6 day a week.

Same as me

What’s your job?

What are the jobs of the other athletes of your national team?

I’m a soldier in the military sport team and my job is do pentathlon well. 

Almost every athlete in national team are in military team (civil or soldier.)

Are you payed for playing pentathlon?If yes, who pays you?Do you earn enough to live on? 

Are the other athletes of your national team  payed? If yes, who pays them? Do they earn enough to live on? 

I earn now some money like soldier.
Czech federation-MP pays costs for training camps, competition and equipment.     

same as me.

What’s the biggest difficulty in playing pentathlon in your country?

What do you think about combined event?

Modern pentathlon isn’t interesting for young people.

I thing, that the idea of substitution of old format isn’t good. The combined event has many limitations and is no ready for competition.

What do you think about www.pentathlonmoderno.it
 

Do you have some advice to give us?

It’s good site.

No