About Karel Kolář
Karel Kolář, 61, Czech athlete, European Indoor champion (1979).
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|Karel Kolář (16 December 1955 – 4 October 2017) was a 400 metres runner who represented Czechoslovakia. He won two medals at the European Indoor Championships and two at the 1978 European Championships. He established the Indoor World record (400 m / 46.21 sec) at European Indoor Championships in Vienna.
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