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Mr Jan ZELEZNY

Mr Jan ZELEZNY

Jan ZELEZNY
Entry in the IOC 2004
Country CZE (Czech Republic)
Born 16 June 1966, MLADA BOLESLAV
Sports practised
Athletics (javelin)

Sports career
Participated in five editions of the Games of the Olympiad: XXIV Olympiad in Seoul in 1988 (silver medal), XXV Olympiad in Barcelona in 1992 (gold medal), XXVI Olympiad in Atlanta in 1996 (gold medal), XXVII Olympiad in Sydney in 2000 (gold medal), XXVIII Olympiad in Athens in 2004 (9th place); World Champion in 1993 (Stuttgart), 1995 (Gothenburg) and 2001 (Edmonton); world record holder with 98.48 m (25.05.1996 in Jena); voted best athlete in the world in 2000 and in Europe in 1996 and 2000, best Czech athlete (1993, 1995, 2000 and 2001); best Czechoslovakian and Czech athlete (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000 and 2001)

Awards and distinctions
Medal of merit awarded by the President of the Czech Republic (2001); Jiri Guth-Jarkovsky Prize awarded by the Czech NOC for the best sporting performance of the year (1995 and 2000)

IOC History
Member from 1999 to 2001 and re-elected in 2004; member of the following Commissions: Athletes’ (1996-2001, re-elected in 2004), “IOC 2000” (1999), Sport for All (2005-)