Stanislav Bartůšek, born May 19, 1961 in Ústí nad Labem

Ústí nad Labem

Ústí nad Labem is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Ústí nad Labem Region. The city is the 7th-most populous in the country.Ústí is situated in a mountainous district at the confluence of the Bílina and the Elbe Rivers, and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction...

, Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

 is a Czech television

Television

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 journalist.

He had worked as high school teacher before succeeding at the auditions for the sports section of the Czech Television

Ceská televize

Česká televize is the public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting four channels.- Czechoslovak Television :Television in Czechoslovakia started to take its first steps before World War II. However, before visible results could be achieved, all activities were interrupted by...

. His main task is to present daily sports news programs, and he also works as a commentator for swimming and triathlon events. In addition, he has written scripts for several documentaries about cycling, swimming, triathlon, and other sports.

In 2000, his documentary named Za císaře... (For the Emperor...) presenting the life story of Czech cyclist Jan Veselý

Jan Veselý

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 won the Juan Antonio Samaranch

Juan Antonio Samaranch

Don Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquis of Samaranch, Grandee of Spain , known in Catalan as Joan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló , was a Catalan Spanish sports administrator who served as the seventh President of the International Olympic Committee from 1980 to 2001...

 Award at the Santander

Santander, Cantabria

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 Sports Movies Festival.

Bartůšek was also a prominent athlete who finished the Hawaii

Hawaii

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 Ironman Triathlon

Ironman Triathlon

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 in 2002 and swam across the English Channel

English Channel

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 in 2005, reaching the seashore after 10 hours and seven minutes, the second best national result that time. He participated in the Czech Cho Oyu

Cho Oyu

Cho Oyu is the sixth highest mountain in the world at above sea level. Cho Oyu lies in the Himalayas and is 20 km west of Mount Everest, at the border between China and Nepal...

 and Mt. Everest expedition.

Bartůšek is married and has two children.