Ladislav Pataki
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 20, 1946 |
| Died | April 5, 2007 (aged 60) |
| Years active | Junior: –1964 Masters: c. 1997 – c. 2003 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | shot put, discus |
| Team | Czechoslovak National Team |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | Masters Track and Field Outdoor Weight Pentathlon: 5366 points (Masters World Record July 12, 2001) Discus: 52.68 meters (1st place) Shot put: 15.85 meters (1st place) (Masters World Championship Brisbane, Australia, July 6–12, 2001) Indoor Shot put: 16.04 meters (Masters World Record February 17, 1998 Silver State Indoor Masters Classic, Reno, Nevada) |
| Updated on April 13, 2007 | |
Ladislav Pataki (June 20, 1946 – April 5, 2007) was an American coach, sports scientist, and masters track and field thrower. He defected from Czechoslovakia in 1985 with his wife and daughter, settling in Los Gatos, California.
Dr. Pataki served as SyberVision System's Director of Advanced Sport Science upon his arrival in 1985 to 1990.
In this tenure he established and integrated the Stanford University/SyberVision-developed film-to-brain sport training technology into the USA Olympic elite athlete training program in Colorado Springs, CO.
After SyberVision he influenced the training of several world-class athletes living in the South Bay Area, where he continued his sports science career and developed nutritional supplements. As a masters competitor in track and field, he won several world championships and set world records in shot put and discus.
He had surgery for brain cancer in the Czech Republic in 2006, after declining chemotherapy. When the tumor could not be completely removed, he entered an assisted living residence in San Jose, California. He died at age 60.