Jiří Malec

Jiří Malec
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Calgary Individual normal hill

Jiři Malec (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈmalɛts]; born 24 November 1962, in Vlastiboř) is a Czech former ski jumper who competed for Czechoslovakia from 1985 to 1990. Along with Jan Boklöv and Stefan Zünd, he was an early pioneer of the V-style.[1] Malec won the 1987 Winter Universiade.[2] At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, he won a bronze in the individual normal hill. Malec subsequently sold his bronze medal to help pay his mortgage.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Dej ty nohy k sobě! křičeli na průkopníka "véčka" Malece". idnes.cz (in Czech). 12 December 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Průkopník skokanského "véčka" Jiří Malec slaví padesátiny". Czech Television (in Czech). 24 November 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Malec prodal medaili, aby měl na hypotéku". idnes.cz (in Czech). 2 February 2006. Retrieved 11 July 2023.


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