Milan Tošnar

Milan Tošnar was a Czech athlete, coach and sports official. He was the first Czechoslovak runner for 110 metres Hurdles, which exceeded 15 seconds. Multiple representative of Czechoslovakia. Medalist in international university competitions.

Education

Tošnar is a graduate of the Faculty of Education of Masaryk University in Brno in 1950 and in 1961 he successfully defended a candidate doctoral thesis at the Charles University in Prague.

In 1947, for the first time, he overcomes the Czechoslovak record in the course of the 110 m hurdles. He created a total of 11 Czechoslovak records, especially in the popular " through high fences", 10x was the champion of the republic, and 24x represented Czechoslovakia. He was twice a participant in the European Championships and achieved great achievements: Paris 1947 International University Games CIE, World Student Games Budapest Athletics at the 1949 World Festival of Youth and Students, World Student Games Berlin Athletics at the 1951 World Festival of Youth and Students
After finishing the active racing at the end of the 1950s, he became a trainer of the sprinters and hurdlers of Dukla Praha. He also works in the athletic association ČSTV as chairman of the methodological committee. In 1960 he is the attendant of the Olympic Games in Rome like a coach. Since athletics in the mid-1960s he has moved to football. She becomes assistant to a trainer at football team Dukla Praha, responsible for athletic training. He won one of the last titles of the Czechoslovak Republic champion, two Czechoslovak Cups and also walked with him to the semifinals of European Champion Clubs' Cup 1966–67 European Cup. In 1970-1983, he worked in management of Czechoslovak army sport.