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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 fin ...
who competed for
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...
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
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, 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 wit ...
. Malec won the
1987 Winter Universiade The 1987 Winter Universiade, the XIII Winter Universiade, took place in Štrbské Pleso, Czechoslovakia. 596 athletes from 28 countries participated at the games. Medal table Sports * * * * * * References 1987 Universiade U Wint ...
. At the
1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Calgary 1988 were a multi-sport event held from February 13 to 28, 1988, with Calgary, Calgary, Alberta as the main host city. This marks the m ...
in
Calgary Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in C ...
, he won a bronze in the individual normal hill. Malec subsequently sold his bronze medal to help pay his mortgage.


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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 Winter World University Games medalists in ski jumping FISU World University Games gold medalists for Czechoslovakia FISU World University Games silver medalists for Czechoslovakia Competitors at the 1985 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 1987 Winter Universiade Skiers from the Liberec Region {{CzechRepublic-skijumping-bio-stub