Stanislav Ježek

Stanislav Ježek

Vavřinec Hradilek (14A) and Stanislav Ježek (14B)
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Competitor for  Czech Republic
World Championships
Gold 2002 Bourg St.-Maurice C-1 team
Silver 2006 Prague C-1 team
Bronze 2003 Augsburg C-1 team
Bronze 2005 Penrith C-1 team
Bronze 2006 Prague C-1
Bronze 2007 Foz do Iguaçu C-1 team
Bronze 2010 Tacen C-1 team
Bronze 2011 Bratislava C-1 team
European Championships
Gold 2009 Nottingham C-1 team
Silver 2008 Kraków C-1
Silver 2010 Bratislava C-1 team
Bronze 2005 Tacen C-1 team
Bronze 2006 L'Argentière-la-Bessée C-1 team
Bronze 2011 La Seu d'Urgell C-1 team

Stanislav Ježek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈstaɲɪslaf ˈjɛʒɛk]) (born 21 November 1976 in Prague) is a Czech slalom canoer who has competed since the mid-1990s. He won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C-1 team: 2002), a silver (C-1 team: 2006), and six bronzes (C-1: 2006, C-1 team: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011).

He is the overall World Cup champion in C-1 from 1999 and 2011. He also won a total of 6 medals at the European Championships (1 gold, 2 silvers and 3 bronzes).

Ježek also competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In the C-1 event, he finished fourth in the qualification round, thus progressing to the semifinals. In the semifinals he finished second, managing to reach the top eight and the final round. In the final he finished fifth. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he repeated his 5th position in the C-1 event. He also started in the C-2 event with Vavřinec Hradilek where they finished 9th after being eliminated in the semifinals.

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