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
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from 1985 to 1990. Along with
Jan Boklöv
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and
Stefan Zünd
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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.
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1987
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. At the
1988 Winter Olympics
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in
Calgary
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, he won a bronze in the individual normal hill. Malec subsequently sold his bronze medal to help pay his mortgage.
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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
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