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Martin Kučera

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Birth dateMay 10, 1990

BirthplaceBratislava, Slovakia

Height1.93 m

Weight74 kg

Martin Kučera (born 10 May 1990 in Bratislava) is a Slovak athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.

He won the gold medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade His personal best in the event is 49.

Their legacy in athletics continues through the records and inspiration they provided to future competitors.

Key facts

400 m hurdles

49.08

#370 all-time

300 Metres Hurdles

36.05

2023 season best

51.15

Jul 20, 2023 · Štadión SNP, Banská Bystrica (SVK)

2023 season best

Last competition

Slovak Championships

Jul 29, 2023 · 51.64

Slovak Championships

Record

National record · 4 × 400 m 3:05.72

National record

Age

36 years old

As of Sep 18, 2026: 400 m hurdles 49.08 (#370 all-time), 300 Metres Hurdles 36.05, 2023 season best 51.15 (Jul 20, 2023, Štadión SNP, Banská Bystrica (SVK)) · Last competition: Slovak Championships, Jul 29, 2023, 51.64 · National record (4 × 400 m) · 36 years old

Personal bests

11.06

21.74*

46.98

14.60

49.08

3:05.72

7.04

8.45

47.53

21.90

34.04

34.88

36.05

14.67

16.71

* Wind-assisted (> 2.0 m/s)

Performance Charts

Season bests

Season	Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Trend	Competitions
2023	400mH	51.15	-	Jul 20, 2023	↑	P-T-S meeting 2023
2022	300m	34.20	-	May 11, 2022	↑	Bratislava (SVK)
2022	400m-short-track	48.70	-	Mar 5, 2022	↓	Czech Indoor Championships
2022	400m	48.70	-	Mar 5, 2022	↑	Czech Indoor Championships
2022	400mH	50.22	-	May 15, 2022	↑	1. kolo extraligy
2022	4x400m	3:05.72	-	May 21, 2022	↑	Atletický štadión TU, Košice (SVK)
2021	200m	21.94	+6.2	Jun 13, 2021	↑	Atletický štadión TU, Košice (SVK)
2021	400m	47.20	-	May 15, 2021	↑	Atletický štadión TU, Košice (SVK)
2021	400m-short-track	47.53	-	Feb 17, 2021	↓	Ferry-Dusika-Halle, Wien (AUT) (i)
2021	400mH	50.47	-	May 19, 2021	↑	60th Ostrava Golden Spike
2021	4x400m	3:10.49	-	Jun 20, 2021	↑	European Athletics Team Championships Second League
2020	200m	22.14	-	Feb 7, 2020	↑	Atletická hala, Ostrava (CZE) (i)
2020	200m-short-track	22.14	-	Feb 7, 2020	↑	Atletická hala, Ostrava (CZE) (i)
2020	300m	34.04	-	Jul 8, 2020	↑	Atletický štadión STU, Bratislava (SVK)
2020	300m-short-track	34.88	-	Jan 4, 2020	-	Ostrava (CZE) (i)
2020	400m	47.27	-	Jul 18, 2020	↑	Mestský Stadion Sletište, Kladno (CZE)
2020	400m-short-track	48.05	-	Feb 15, 2020	↓	Ferry-Dusika-Halle, Wien (AUT) (i)
2020	400mH	50.53	-	Sep 11, 2020	↑	P-T-S Meeting, x-bionic sphere, Šamorín
2020	4x400m	3:11.65	-	Jul 18, 2020	↑	Mestský Stadion Sletište, Kladno (CZE)
2019	200m	22.31	-0.2	Aug 17, 2019	↑	Athletic League, Košice
2019	400m-short-track	47.88	-	Feb 10, 2019	↓	Chemnitz (GER) (i)
2019	400m	47.88	-	Feb 10, 2019	↑	Chemnitz (GER) (i)
2019	400mH	50.78	-	Aug 24, 2019	↑	Stadion Juliska, Praha (CZE)
2019	4x400m	3:13.75	-	Aug 11, 2019	↑	European Athletics Team Championships First League, Sandnes Stadion, Sandnes
2018	200m	22.26	+1.0	Jun 16, 2018	↑	Bratislava (SVK)
2018	300MetresH	36.05	-	Sep 4, 2018	-	Sportovní areál Krajinka, Cheb (CZE)
2018	400m	48.34	-	Jun 16, 2018	↑	Bratislava (SVK)
2018	400mH	50.30	-	Aug 7, 2018	↑	European Athletics Championships
2017	400m-short-track	47.67	-	Feb 14, 2017	↓	Atletická hala, Ostrava (CZE) (i)
2017	400m	47.67	-	Feb 14, 2017	↑	Atletická hala, Ostrava (CZE) (i)
2016	100m	11.06	+0.8	May 7, 2016	↑	Banská Bystrica (SVK)
2016	200m	21.74	+4.6	Jun 11, 2016	↑	Šamorín (SVK)
2016	200m-short-track	21.90	-	Jan 30, 2016	↑	Wien (AUT) (i)
2016	400m	46.98	-	Jun 12, 2016	↑	Kolin (CZE)
2016	400m-short-track	48.22	-	Feb 6, 2016	↓	Wien (AUT) (i)
2016	400mH	49.08	-	Jul 7, 2016	↑	European Athletics Championships, Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
2015	400m	47.11	-	May 26, 2015	↑	Mestský Stadion, Ostrava (CZE)
2015	400mH	50.68	-	May 16, 2015	↑	Ostrava (CZE)
2015	4x400m	3:08.80	-	Jun 22, 2015	↑	European Athletics Team Championships Third League, National Stadium, Baku
2014	400m	47.65=	-	Jun 7, 2014	↑	Banská Bystrica (SVK)
2013	200m	22.06	+0.5	May 25, 2013	↑	Bratislava (SVK)
2013	400m	47.38	-	May 8, 2013	↑	Olomouc (CZE)
2013	400m-short-track	48.41	-	Feb 24, 2013	↓	Bratislava (SVK) (i)
2013	400mH	49.79	-	Jul 10, 2013	↑	Central Stadium, Kazan (RUS)
2013	4x400m	3:13.08	-	Jun 23, 2013	↑	European Athletics Team Championships Third League, Štadión SNP, Banská Bystrica
2012	100m	11.09	+0.5	Jul 5, 2012	↑	Hodonín (CZE)
2012	150m	16.71	-0.7	May 2, 2012	-	Bratislava (SVK)
2012	200m	21.81	+0.0	Jul 5, 2012	↑	Hodonín (CZE)
2012	300m	34.39	-	May 2, 2012	↑	Bratislava (SVK)
2012	400m	47.88	-	Jun 2, 2012	↑	Kladno (CZE)
2012	400m-short-track	48.12	-	Feb 26, 2012	↓	Bratislava (SVK) (i)
2012	400mH	50.73	-	Jun 17, 2012	↑	Banská Bystrica (SVK)
2011	400m	49.44	-	Sep 15, 2011	↑	Dubnica nad Váhom (SVK)
2011	400mH	53.61	-	Sep 11, 2011	↑	Dubnica nad Váhom (SVK)
2010	LJ	7.04	-	Jul 3, 2010	↓	Hodonín (CZE)
2010	60mH	8.45	-	Feb 27, 2010	-	Bratislava (SVK) (i)
2010	100m	11.70	-3.3	May 8, 2010	↑	Nové Mesto nad Váhom (SVK)
2010	110mH	14.60	+0.9	Jun 26, 2010	↑	Nitra (SVK)
2010	200m	21.74	+5.4	Jul 7, 2010	↑	Bratislava (SVK)
2010	200m-short-track	22.40	-	Feb 2, 2010	↑	Wien (AUT) (i)
2010	400m	49.28	-	Sep 1, 2010	↑	Bratislava (SVK)
2009	LJ	6.86	-	Sep 13, 2009	↓	Breclav (CZE)
2009	100m	11.14	+1.8	May 30, 2009	↑	Uherské Hradiste (CZE)
2009	110MetresH	14.67	+0.0	Aug 22, 2009	-	Breclav (CZE)
2009	110mH	15.11	-1.8	Sep 15, 2009	↑	Trnava (SVK)
2009	200m	22.47	+0.1	Jul 11, 2009	↑	Třinec (CZE)

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
400mH	51.64	-	Jul 29	Slovak Championships
400mH	51.15	-	Jul 20	P-T-S meeting 2023
400mH	51.68	-	Jun 8	Hungarian GP Series - Budapest, Lantos Mihály Sportközpont, Budapest
400mH	51.23	-	Jun 5	Memorial Josef Odložil, Stadion Juliska, Praha
400mH	51.20	-	May 26	Meeting Jaen Paraiso Interior, Polideportivo Municipal, Andújar

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
400mH	50.75	-	Sep 6	Hungarian GP Series - Pápa, Sportcentrum, Pápa
400mH	50.90	-	Sep 2	Hungarian GP Series - Budapest, Lantos Mihály Sportközpont, Budapest
4x400m	3:06.98	-	Aug 19	European Athletics Championships, Olympiastadion, München
400mH	50.82	-	Aug 17	European Athletics Championships, Olympiastadion, München
400mH	50.82	-	Aug 15	European Athletics Championships, Olympiastadion, München
400mH	51.22	-	Aug 6	Lohrheide-Meeting, Lohrheidestadion, Wattenscheid, Bochum
400mH	50.95	-	Jun 30	BAUHAUS-Galan, Olympiastadion, Stockholm - Diamond Discipline
400mH	50.56	-	Jun 26	Slovak Championships, Mestský atletický štadión, Trnava
400mH	50.56	-	Jun 25	Slovak Championships, Mestský atletický štadión, Trnava
400mH	50.74	-	Jun 9	P-T-S meeting 2022, x-bionic sphere, Šamorín
400mH	50.22	-	Jun 6	Memorial Josef Odložila, Stadion Juliska, Praha
400mH	50.35	-	Jun 2	Austrian Open, Leichtathletikarena, Eisenstadt
400mH	50.32	-	May 25	Meeting Iberoamericano, Estadio Iberoamericano, Huelva
4x400m	3:05.72	-	May 21	1. Kolo Atletickej ligy, Atletický štadión TU, Košice
400mH	50.22	-	May 15	1. kolo extraligy
300m	34.20	-	May 11	Liga AZB 1. kolo, Bratislava
400m-short-track	48.70	-	Mar 5	Czech Indoor Championships

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
200m	22.15	+0.0	Sep 15	Finále Atletickej ligy, Šamorín
400mH	50.51	-	Sep 15	Finále Atletickej ligy, Šamorín
400mH	50.89	-	Sep 5	Czech Club Championships, Breclav
400mH	52.16	-	Sep 1	4. kolo Atletickej ligy, Mestský atletický štadión, Trnava
200m	22.09	+3.9	Sep 1	4. kolo Atletickej ligy, Mestský atletický štadión, Trnava
400mH	50.56	-	Jul 4	Czech Club Championships, Brno
4x400m	3:13.44	-	Jul 4	Czech Club Championships, Brno
400mH	50.51	-	Jun 27	Slovak Championships
4x400m	3:10.49	-	Jun 20	European Athletics Team Championships Second League
400mH	50.66	-	Jun 19	European Athletics Team Championships Second League
400mH	52.52	-	Jun 13	3. kolo Atletickej ligy, Atletický štadión TU, Košice
200m	21.94	+6.2	Jun 13	3. kolo Atletickej ligy, Atletický štadión TU, Košice
400mH	51.08	-	Jun 5	Hungarian GP Series Tatabánya, Grosics Gyula Stadion, Tatabánya
400mH	50.80	-	Jun 2	P-T-S Meeting, x-bionic sphere, Šamorín
400mH	50.47	-	May 19	60th Ostrava Golden Spike
400m	47.20	-	May 15	1. kolo Atletickej ligy, Atletický štadión TU, Košice
400m-short-track	48.44	-	Mar 6	European Athletics Indoor Championships
400m-short-track	48.44	-	Mar 5	European Athletics Indoor Championships
400m-short-track	47.53	-	Feb 17	Road to Torun 2021, Ferry-Dusika-Halle, Wien (i)
400m-short-track	48.22	-	Feb 13	MASZ Nyílt Fedettpályás Verseny, BOK Csarnok, Budapest (i)
400m-short-track	47.67	-	Feb 3	Czech Indoor Gala, Atletická hala, Ostrava (i)
400m-short-track	47.61	-	Jan 30	Indoor Track & Field Vienna, Ferry-Dusika-Halle, Wien (i)

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
400m	48.08	-	Sep 15	Slovak Club Championships, Atletický štadión TU, Košice
400mH	50.64	-	Sep 15	Slovak Club Championships, Atletický štadión TU, Košice
400mH	50.53	-	Sep 11	P-T-S Meeting, x-bionic sphere, Šamorín
400mH	50.84	-	Sep 8	59th Ostrava Golden Spike, Mestský Stadion, Ostrava
400mH	51.06	-	Aug 30	Slovak Championships, Mestský atletický štadión, Trnava
400mH	50.67	-	Aug 22	Mistrovství ČR družstev, Vitkovice, Ostrava

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is Martin Kučera's 400 m hurdles personal best?

Martin Kučera's 400 m hurdles personal best is 49.08, set on Jul 7, 2016 in Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam (NED), #370 on the all-time list.

Which events does Martin Kučera compete in?

Martin Kučera competes in the 400 m hurdles and 300 Metres Hurdles.

How did Martin Kučera perform in 2023?

2023 season best: 51.15, set on Jul 20, 2023 in Štadión SNP, Banská Bystrica (SVK). Last competition: Slovak Championships on Jul 29, 2023, 51.64.

Martin Kučera

Personal bests

Performance Charts

Season bests

2023

2022

2021

2020

Honours

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