Tomáš Ježek (born 28 October 1973, Hradec Králové) is a Czech flatwater canoer who has been competing in canoe marathon on international level since 1994. Competing at many World Championships in marathon he won one silver medal on K1 in Týn nad Vltavou 2008.
Career history Ježek began kayaking in the early childhood and entered international kayak scene as a member of the junior Czech sprint team. In 1994 he has started to race at ICF marathon events. He finished 4th at the World Marathon Championships in Győr 1999ICF Marathon World Championships 1999 Results and Perth 2005,ICF Marathon World Championships 2005 Results where he lost the medal to Ben Fouhy on the finish line.
In 2006 and 2007 Ježek became a part of the Czech canoe sprint team and fought for the Olympic Games in K2-1000m category with Ondřej Horský. They finished 6th at the European Championships in 2007ECA European Championships 2006 Results but failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Championships.
In 2008 Ježek came back to the marathon racing and won a silver medal on K1 at the World Marathon Championships in Týn nad VltavouICF Marathon World Championships 2008 Results losing the finish battle for gold to Emilio Merchán Alonso.
In 2009 Ježek won a bronze medal at the European Marathon Championships in Ostróda on K2 with Michael Odvárko.ECA Marathon European Championships 2009 Results He finished 6th at the World Marathon Championships in Crestuma on K1 and 8th on K2 with the same partner.ICF Marathon World Championships 2009 Results
In 2010 he changed K2 partner and started to race with Petr Jambor, his club mate. Although they were winning medals at World Cups in marathon on K1 and K2, they failed to win a medal at the World Marathon Championships in Banyoles finishing 6th.ICF Marathon World Championships 2010 Results
In 2011 Ježek won a bronze medal at the European Marathon Championships in Saint Jean de Losne on K2 with Petr JamborECA Marathon European Championships 2011 K2 Men Senior Results and they finished 4th at the World Marathon Championships in Singapore.ICF Marathon World Championships 2010 K2 Men Senior Results
References
External links ICF World Marathon Championships results Canoe World Marathon Championships medalists Tomáš Ježek profile at The Sports.org World Marathon Championships 2005 report Official Czech canoe website