Michal Burian
Athletics
Discipline : Para javelin throw
Age : 33
Gender : Male
Paralympic Games
- 2024, Paris Paralympic Games
- Bronze in Javelin Throw F64
- 2021, Tokyo Paralympic Games
- Silver in Javelin Throw F64
World Championships
- 2023, World Championships
- Silver in Javelin Throw F64
- 2025, World Para Athletics Championships
- 6th in Javelin Throw F44
How does the VIS support your career in high performance sport?
Great help in understanding periodising, importance of recovery and allocation of different training activities across week / month / year.
Most memorable sporting moment?
Tokyo Paralympics - it was my debut on world stage. I came 2nd with a big last throw, throwing a personal best 66.29m which was also a World Record in F44 class.
Proudest personal achievement outside of sport?
Establishing myself in Australia. I came when I was 20 years old with very little to none English and the whole experience of climbing the ladder to eventually pursue my javelin career and now transition to coaching under Australian Athletics.
What do you enjoy most about your sport?
It's going to sound cliche but it's the journey and learning you pick up along the way. I have formed a strong belief that everything in sport evolves around basic simple principles of balance and those principles apply to everything else in life. In other words, if you find something you love and your goal is to achieve mastery, you will fail a lot, but those moments shape you as a person and build character essentially making you realise that adversity is necessary for growth.
Advice to your younger self?
Do not over engineer! Stick to basics & listen to your gut.
Go-to meal before competing?
Usually high carb , it's not the same every time but just respecting the basics of being easy to digest and high on energy to fuel up.
If you could have dinner with any three people, who would they be?
Jan Zelezny (javelin world record holder ) for his technical brilliance, Bruce Lee for his mindset, Marcus Aurelius for his stoic wisdom.
What do you enjoy doing outside of sport?
I enjoy good food, I love quality sound and music, company of good friends and quality conversation over a beverage of choice. Besides that I love to work on little projects here and there around the house and being crafty.


