Michal Doležal (born 11 March 1978 in

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is a Czech former

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who competed from 1996 to 2007. At the

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in Nagano, he finished seventh in the team large hill and eighth in the individual large hill competitions. He is ex-Manager of the Polish Ski-Flying team, currently works in German team with Horngacher. Doležal's best finish at the Ski Jumping World Championships was 31st twice (normal hill in 1999 and large hill in 2011). He also finished 32nd at the 2000 Ski Flying World Championships in

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. Doležal's best individual

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finish was seventh in a large hill competition in Poland in 1999. His career best finish was third in an

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normal hill competition in the Czech Republic in 2006.

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* 1978 births Ski jumpers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Czech male ski jumpers Living people Olympic ski jumpers for the Czech Republic Skiers from Jablonec nad Nisou 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{CzechRepublic-skijumping-bio-stub