- Jan Železný
Jan Železný ( Audio-IPA|Cs-Jan Zelezny.ogg| [ˈjan ˈʒɛlɛzniː] ) (born
June 16 ,1966 inMladá Boleslav ,Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech javelin thrower, world and Olympic champion and world record holder injavelin throw.Železný won the gold at the 1992, 1996 and 2000
Summer Olympic Games and Silver in the 1988 Olympics as well as three World Championship titles; in 1993, 1995 and 2001. Because of his achievements he is widely considered to be the greatest javelin thrower ever.Železný holds the world record, at 98.48 m set in 1996, the Olympic record which he held until Beijing Olympics, at 90.17 m set in the
2000 Summer Olympics , and the World Championships record of 92.80 m, set in 2001. As of August 1, 2005, Železný has made 52 throws over 90 meters, more than all other javelin throwers combined (32). [ [http://www.alltime-athletics.com/mjaveok.htm Men's javelin ] ] He is also the only athlete to throw more than 94 m with new type of javelin.During his career he has had many great battles against the like of
Steve Backley , Sergey Makarov,Boris Henry ,Seppo Räty ,Raymond Hecht andAki Parviainen .He planned to retire after the 2006 European Championships in
Gothenburg , where he won the bronze with a throw of 85.92 m.He took leave of his career on19 September 2006 on exhibition inMladá Boleslav , the place where he started with athletics.He will continue working for the
IOC and as a coach inPrague .References
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