Antonín Hájek () (born 12 February 1987 in

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) is a retired ski jumper from the

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. His specialties include both individual ski jumping and ski flying. Hájek's best result in the World Cup is a fourth place in Tauplitz and

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. He had an accident in

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in 2005, crashing in the trial round; he did not suffer major injuries and walked from the hill by himself. Hájek was involved in a car accident during the spring of 2008, and barely survived. Four months after the accident he could not walk, ruling out a comeback. But he began to train again in February 2009, and made great progress during the summer of 2009. He staged his comeback in Continental Cup in

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in December 2009. His first World Cup competition after his comeback was in Tauplitz on 9 January 2010, and his fourth place score on that day was his best World Cup result to date. Hájek jumped 236 m at Planica on 20 March 2010 at the ski flying World Championships; this was the third longest jump in ski jumping history. Hájek's results from the

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were seventh in both the individual and team large hill events, and 21st in the individual normal hill event. His best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was ninth in the team large hill event at

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. He retired in September 2015 because of unsatisfying results and health problems.

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Photo of Hajek's crash
1987 births Czech male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers of the Czech Republic Living people Ski jumpers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2014 Winter Olympics People from Frýdlant Sportspeople from the Liberec Region {{CzechRepublic-skijumping-bio-stub