Jiři Malec (; born 24 November 1962, in Vlastiboř) is a Czech former

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...

who competed for

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

from 1985 to 1990. Along with

Jan Boklöv Jan Mauritz Boklöv (born 14 April 1966) is a Swedish former ski jumper who won the 1988–89 World Cup season. He also dominated the Swedish national championships during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is best known for popularising the now ...

and

Stefan Zünd Stefan may refer to: * Stefan (given name) * Stefan (surname) * Ștefan, a Romanian given name and a surname * Štefan, a Slavic given name and surname * Stefan (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Stefan Heym, pseudonym of German writ ...

, he was an early pioneer of the

V-style The sport of ski jumping has seen the use of numerous different techniques, or "styles", over the course of its more than two-hundred-year history. Depending on how the skis are positioned by an athlete, distances have increased by as much as withi ...

. At the

1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, Mohkínsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts� ...

Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...

, he won a bronze in the individual normal hill.

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* (under CZE nationality) * 1962 births Living people People from Jablonec nad Nisou District Czech male ski jumpers Czechoslovak male ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics Universiade medalists in ski jumping Universiade gold medalists for Czechoslovakia Universiade silver medalists for Czechoslovakia Competitors at the 1985 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 1987 Winter Universiade Sportspeople from the Liberec Region {{CzechRepublic-skijumping-bio-stub