Josef Odložil
An avid runner since early age, Odložil began training with a coach at a military school in Bratislava.[2] At his first major competition, the 1962 European Athletics Championships in Belgrade, Odložil was eliminated in the 800 metres semi-final.Peter Snell easily won the final, but Odložil managed to get silver ahead of John Davies.He did better at the 1967 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Prague, taking silver in the 1500 m, but at the 1968 Olympics finished only eighth in the 1500 m.[1] Odložil retired in 1969.He turned into coaching, first at Sparta Prague and then at the Institutio Nacional del Deporte in Mexico (1979–1981).