Marek Jiras
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place1992 SjoaC2
Representing  Czech Republic
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2000 SydneyC2
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1993 MezzanaC2 team
Gold medal – first place1999 La Seu d'UrgellC2
Gold medal – first place1999 La Seu d'UrgellC2 team
Gold medal – first place2003 AugsburgC2 team
Gold medal – first place2006 PragueC2 team
Gold medal – first place2007 Foz do IguaçuC2 team
Silver medal – second place1997 Três CoroasC2 team
Bronze medal – third place2002 Bourg St.-MauriceC2
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 NottinghamC2 team
Silver medal – second place2002 BratislavaC2
Silver medal – second place2005 TacenC2
Silver medal – second place2007 Liptovský MikulášC2 team
Bronze medal – third place2006 L'Argentière-la-BesséeC2 team

Marek Jiras (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmarɛk ˈjɪras], born 18 August 1976 in Prague)[1] is a Czech slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1992 to 2009.

He won a bronze medal in the C2 event at the 2000 Summer Olympics together with Tomáš Máder. They then competed in the same event at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where they finished seventh.

Jiras and Máder also won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with six golds (C2: 1999, C2 team: 1993, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2007), a silver (C2 team: 1997) and a bronze (C2: 2002). They won five more medals at the European Championships (1 gold, 3 silvers and 1 bronze).[2]

World Cup individual podiums

1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
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Season Date Venue Position Event
199318 July 1993La Seu d'Urgell2ndC2
19969 June 1996La Seu d'Urgell1stC2
199722 June 1997Bourg St.-Maurice3rdC2
29 June 1997Björbo3rdC2
28 July 1997Ocoee2ndC2
3 August 1997Minden1stC2
199814 June 1998Liptovský Mikuláš1stC2
13 September 1998La Seu d'Urgell3rdC2
199920 June 1999Tacen1stC2
24 June 1999Tacen1stC2
200030 April 2000Penrith2ndC2
23 July 2000Prague2ndC2
200110 June 2001Tacen3rdC2
28 July 2001Augsburg2ndC2
20024 August 2002Prague3rdC2
20036 July 2003La Seu d'Urgell2ndC2
13 July 2003Tacen1stC2
200411 July 2004Prague2ndC2
17 July 2004Augsburg2ndC2
200526 June 2005Tacen2ndC21
200628 May 2006Athens3rdC2
11 June 2006La Seu d'Urgell1stC2
20071 July 2007Prague2ndC2
14 July 2007Augsburg2ndC2
200822 June 2008Prague1stC2
29 June 2008Tacen3rdC2
1 European Championship counting for World Cup points

References

  1. "Marek Jiras". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. "Marek JIRAS". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 31 December 2017.


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