Background
Pavel Maslák was born on 21 February 1991 in Havířov, Czechoslovakia.
Pavel Maslák was born on 21 February 1991 in Havířov, Czechoslovakia.
Next year, he finished fifth in the final of the 400 m at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Maslák is the first Czechoslovakian to have run 400 metres under 45 seconds outdoor and under 46 seconds indoor. In May 2012, Maslák set the Czechoslovakian record in 400 m. His time of 45.31 cut almost half a second off the time reached by Karel Kolář at the same venue — Rošický Stadium — in 1978.
In June 2012, he further improved the record by clocking 45.17 in Turin.
At 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Pavel Maslák competed in 400-metre and 200-metre dash. In 400 metres, he advanced from heats by setting a new national and personal best of 44.91 but did not manage to repeat the feat in semi-finals and finished fifth in his run.
In 200 metres, Maslák finished fourth in Heat 5 in a time of 20.67 and did not progress further. In his last race of the 2012 season, Maslák set a national record of 20.59 in 200 metres dash.
In final, he slashed almost half a second from his personal best, improving it to 45.66.
As a part of the Czechoslovakian 4 x 400 metres relay team, he added a bronze medal. Outdoor
100 m 10.46 (23 MAY 2009, Ostrava, Czechoslovakian Republic)
200 m 20.49 NR (13 July 2013, Tampere, Finland)
400 m 44.79 NR (11 May 2014, Doha, Qatar)
500 m 1:00:35 (03 August 2013, Cheb, Czechoslovakian Republic)
Indoor
60 m 6.65 (15 February 2014, Praha (Stromovka), Czechoslovakian Republic
200 m 21.33 (20 February 2011, Prague, Czechoslovakian Republic)
400 m 45.24 NR (8 March 2014, Sopot, Poland)
500m 1:00.36 (25 February 2014, Praha (O2 Arena), Czechoslovakian Republic.
Currently, he is a member of Dalibor Kupka"s training group at ASC Dukla Praha.