Jan Vrabel, an excellent thrower and coach of the Brno Olympians, died, he was 94 years old
On Wednesday, December 7, Jan Vrabel, an excellent thrower and coach, died at the age of ninety-five. Although he did not make it to the Olympic Games in his active career, he did take part in two as a coach – in 1960 in Rome and the following in Tokyo.
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The outstanding athlete and coach Jan Vrábel has died.
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Vrabel started with athletics in Vítkovice, Ostrava, in 1954 at the European Championships, he achieved an excellent eighth place in the discus throw. Five years later, he moved to Brno, trained at Spartak ZJŠ and later at Technica Brno, while teaching at BUT.
Among his wards were the Olympic champion in the discus throw Ludvík Daněk, the bronze discus player from the 1983 World Championship Gejza Valent and the world vice-champion Štěpánka Mertová. In addition to them, he also led shot putters and hammer throwers, and he also got his three sons excited about athletics.
The last farewell to Vrabel will take place on Friday from four in the afternoon at the Brno crematorium. From two o’clock in the afternoon, on the same day and in the same place, another deceased member of the Club of Czech Olympians, Jaroslav Bogdálek, will have his funeral.
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