Further Personal Information |
| Residence |
Prague, CZE |
| Occupation |
Athlete, Business Owner, Engineer |
| Languages |
Czech, English, Spanish |
| Higher education |
Civil Engineering - Czech Technical University: Prague, CZE |
Sport Specific Information |
| When and where did you begin this sport? |
He took up the sport at age nine in Prague, Czech Republic. |
| Why this sport? |
His father was a fencer and introduced his son to the sport. |
| Club / Team |
SC Praha: Czech Republic |
| Handedness |
Right |
International Debut |
| Year |
2000 |
| Competing for |
Czech Republic |
| Tournament |
European Championships |
| Location |
Portugal |
General Interest |
| Hobbies |
Snowboarding, spending time in the mountains, surfing, music. (LinkedIn profile, 2016; praha.idnes.cz, 26 Jan 2015) |
| Memorable sporting achievement |
Winning gold in individual epee at the 2007 World Cup event in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (praha.idnes.cz, 26 Jan 2015) |
| Famous relatives |
His father Jiri Sr. competed in fencing at an elite level and founded the SC Praha fencing club in the Czech Republic. (praha.idnes.cz, 26 Jan 2015; ibestof.cz, 17 May 2012) |
| Other information |
OCCUPATION
In 2011 he founded the 5Mfencing.com business, which stocks fencing equipment. (LinkedIn profile, 2017) |
| World Championships |
| 2013 |
Quarterfinal |
Team Epee |
Budapest, Hungary |
| European Championships |
| 2017 |
3 |
Team Epee |
Tbilisi, Georgia |
| 2017 |
Quarterfinal |
Individual Epee |
Tbilisi, Georgia |
| 2013 |
8 |
Team Epee |
Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2008 |
6 |
Team Epee |
Kiev, Ukraine |
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