He started riding in the riding club in
Humburky. He received his riding license at the age of ten. Since the age of fifteen, he has been involved in the most demanding riding discipline –
eventing. In 1992 and 1993 he won the young riders' championship of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, respectively. He then moved to the riding club Horse Academy Radimovice in
Petříkov-Radimovice, where he was also employed as a trainer of horses. Hatla was the fourth Czech/Czechoslovak equestrian who competed at the Olympic Games In eventing, Hatla competed at the
2004 Summer Olympics, where he finished 22nd, and at the
2008 Summer Olympics, where he did not finish, after his horse got injured. He also prepared for the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London, which is why he moved to the United Kingdom for a long time, but he failed to qualify. After his riding career, Hatla became a coach and would like one of his charges to repeat his participation in the Olympic Games. ==References==