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Marek Jiras (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmarɛk ˈjɪras], born 18 August 1976 in Prague) 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).
World Cup individual podiums
1 European Championship counting for World Cup points
References
DatabaseOlympics.com profile
Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: 11 March 2016.
External links
Marek Jiras at Olympedia (archive)
Marek Jiras at Olympics.com