Plavec Martin Kov\u00e1\u0159 pat\u0159\u00ed mezi nej\u00fasp\u011b\u0161n\u011bj\u0161\u00ed \u010desk\u00e9 handicapovan\u00e9 sportovce. V \u017eivot\u011b toho dok\u00e1zal hodn\u011b a ne pouze v baz\u00e9nu.
„Na paralympi\u00e1d\u00e1ch z\u00edskal v plaveck\u00fdch discipl\u00edn\u00e1ch celkem p\u011bt medail\u00ed. Nejrad\u011bji bude asi vzpom\u00ednat na At\u00e9ny, kde v roce 2004 z\u00edskal t\u0159i zlat\u00e9 medaile. \u00dasp\u011b\u0161n\u00fd byl ale i \u010dty\u0159i roky p\u0159edt\u00edm v Sydney, odkud si p\u0159ivezl zlato a bronz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Martin Kov\u00e1\u0159 z\u016fstal ochrnut\u00fd po \u00farazu v roce 1989. Jeho osud velmi p\u0159ipom\u00edn\u00e1 p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh herce Jana Potm\u011b\u0161ila, kter\u00fd po \u00faraze v dob\u011b sametov\u00e9 revoluce tak\u00e9 z\u016fstal na invalidn\u00edm voz\u00edku. „Jsme kamar\u00e1di odmala. Na\u0161i rodi\u010de spolu studovali a my dva vyr\u016fstali podobn\u011b, sportovn\u011b. A podobn\u011b taky skon\u010dili, na vozejku. Na\u0161e matky si pobre\u010dely, jak jejich synov\u00e9 dopadli, ale \u017ee to p\u0159e\u017eili,“ \u0159\u00edk\u00e1 Kov\u00e1\u0159.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
S Potm\u011b\u0161ilem se pak potk\u00e1val na plaveck\u00fdch kempech ve Strakonic\u00edch, kter\u00e9 Martin Kov\u00e1\u0159 p\u0159ed p\u011btadvaceti lety vymyslel a kam posti\u017een\u00ed plavci r\u00e1di jezd\u00ed v l\u00e9t\u011b dodnes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
K plav\u00e1n\u00ed ho p\u0159ivedl spolu\u017e\u00e1k Jan Nevrkla, kter\u00fd se stal jeho tren\u00e9rem. Spole\u010dn\u011b zalo\u017eili Kontakt bez bari\u00e9r a za\u010dali pro plavce s posti\u017een\u00edm po\u0159\u00e1dat tr\u00e9ninky, kempy a jezdit na z\u00e1vody. „Po \u00faraze jsem v\u016fbec necht\u011bl zm\u011bnit zp\u016fsob \u017eivota. To znamen\u00e1 t\u0159eba u\u010dit, chytat ryby a sportovat. V\u0161estrann\u00fdm sportovcem jsem byl odmali\u010dka, a tak jsem si p\u0159\u00e1l, aby se ani po usednut\u00ed na voz\u00edk m\u016fj \u017eivot moc nezm\u011bnil,“ sv\u011b\u0159uje se Kov\u00e1\u0159.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
S handicapem se pral state\u010dn\u011b a jeho \u00fasil\u00ed p\u0159ineslo ovoce. Krom\u011b \u010dty\u0159 zlat\u00fdch z paralympi\u00e1d si je\u0161t\u011b dvakr\u00e1t vyplaval titul mistra sv\u011bta a plavat se od t\u00e9 doby nau\u010dilo stovky handicapovan\u00fdch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sportovn\u00ed kari\u00e9ru pov\u011bsil na h\u0159eb\u00edk po At\u00e9n\u00e1ch, ale bez sportu dlouho nevydr\u017eel a na paralympi\u00e1d\u011b se objevil znovu po osmi letech v Lond\u00fdn\u011b. „Chytlo m\u011b kolo. Zpo\u010d\u00e1tku jsem ale jezdil jen doma na trena\u017e\u00e9ru. Nakonec se mi povedlo vyjet nominaci na paralympi\u00e1du. \u0160koda, \u017ee se v Lond\u00fdn\u011b jelo na takov\u00e9 horsk\u00e9 dr\u00e1ze. Kdyby to bylo v\u00edc na rovin\u011b, asi bych jel o medaile,“ vzpom\u00edn\u00e1 na posledn\u00ed vrcholnou akci Martin Kov\u00e1\u0159.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aktivn\u00edm byl b\u011bhem sportovn\u00ed kari\u00e9ry i po jej\u00edm skon\u010den\u00ed. „U\u010dil jsem na gymn\u00e1ziu v P\u00edsku, byl poradcem ministr\u016f pr\u00e1ce i premi\u00e9ra Vladim\u00edra \u0160pidly, pracoval v nadaci \u010cEZi Charty 77, v priv\u00e1tn\u00edm \u0161kolstv\u00ed\u2026, byl to fofr,“ jmenuje nam\u00e1tkou n\u011bkter\u00e9 ze sv\u00fdch aktivit. Nyn\u00ed pracuje v bance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A\u010d je rod\u00e1kem z Prahy, c\u00edt\u00ed se Martin Kov\u00e1\u0159 Jiho\u010dechem. Ve Vimperku absolvoval sportovn\u00ed gymn\u00e1zium, s rodinou \u017eil dlouho v P\u00edsku a nyn\u00ed jezd\u00ed do T\u0159ebon\u011b. „Poch\u00e1z\u00ed odtud m\u00e1 partnerka, se kterou m\u00e1me dva synky. Jezd\u00edm s nimi na kole nebo na ryby. Kluky vychov\u00e1v\u00e1me ke sportu, v\u0161estrannosti a sout\u011b\u017eivosti.“<\/p>\n\n\n\n
V \u017eivot\u011b toho dok\u00e1zal Martin Kov\u00e1\u0159 navzdory nep\u0159\u00edzni osudu hodn\u011b, jedno ho ale mrz\u00ed. „Jako trojn\u00e1sobn\u00fd paralympijsk\u00fd v\u00edt\u011bz a poradce premi\u00e9ra pro sport, jsem nedok\u00e1zal po roce 2004 prosadit svoji koncepci modern\u00edho pojet\u00ed sportu v\u016fbec, zejm\u00e9na toho handicapovan\u00fdch. Te\u010f o podobn\u00fdch v\u011bcech sl\u00fdch\u00e1m mluvit hokejistu Hnili\u010dku, av\u0161ak s patn\u00e1ctilet\u00fdm zpo\u017ed\u011bn\u00edm. Pro jednu generaci lid\u00ed s handicapem je to v\u00e1\u017en\u011b \u0161koda,“ uzav\u00edr\u00e1 paralympijsk\u00fd sportovec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Michal Havelka<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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