Jan Štefela (born 20 April 2001) is a Czech

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er. He won the high jump at the 2021 European Under-23 Championships and placed fifth at the 2024 World Indoor Championships.Men's high jump at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships

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He is also a three-time national champion, winning the outdoor title in 2022, and 2023, and the indoor title in 2023. His personal best is 2.30 metres indoors, set in

Třinec Třinec (; ; ) is a city in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 34,000 inhabitants, making it the least populated Statutory city (Czech Republic), statutory city in the country. The city ...

in February 2024 and 2.22 metres outdoors, set in August 2023 in , Belgium.

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* 2001 births Living people Czech male high jumpers 21st-century Czech sportsmen Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games Sportspeople from Krnov Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic {{CzechRepublic-athletics-bio-stub