Jiří Jedlička
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jiří Jedlička |
| National team |
 Czech Republic |
| Born |
5 February 1987 Pardubice, Czechoslovakia |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Breaststroke |
| Club | SC Plavecky Areal Pardubice |
| Coach | Jaroslav Strnad |
Jiří Jedlička (born February 5, 1987) is a Czech former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] He represented his nation Czech Republic at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has owned multiple Czech championship titles and national records in both the 100 and 200 m breaststroke. Jedlicka was also a member of Plavecky Areal Swimming Club in Pardubice, under the tutelage of his personal coach Jaroslav Strnad.[2]
Jedlicka competed for the Czech Republic in a breaststroke double at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He posted a sterling 1:01.46 to hack 0.04 seconds off the Czech record, set by Daniel Malek (1:01.50) in 2000, and sneak under the FINA A-cut (1:01.57) by about a tenth of a second for the seventh seed headed into the 100 m breaststroke final at the European Championships three months earlier in Eindhoven, Netherlands.[3] In his first event, 100 m breaststroke, Jedlicka held off the hard-charging Spaniards Melquíades Álvarez and Borja Iradier to hit the wall in heat six with a fifth-place time and twenty-ninth overall in 1:01.56.[4] Three days later, in the 200 m breaststroke, Jedlicka swam well through the 150-metre lap in heat three, but faded the closing stretch that allowed his Spanish rival Álvarez to pass him by 3.2 seconds, touching the fourth spot and thirty-ninth overall in 2:15.79.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "Jiří Jedlička". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ↑ ""Skončit s plaváním byla jeho volba. Nemůže hledat vinu jinde"" ["End of his swimming career was his option. He cannot blame elsewhere"] (in Czech). Deník. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ "European Championships: The Netherlands Smash Women's 400 FR World Record, Cavic Sets European Record in 50 Fly". Swimming World Magazine. 18 March 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming: Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 6". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming: Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ↑ "Plavec Jedlička: Takový masakr jsem nečekal" [Swimmer Jedlička: "I did not expect a bloodbath"] (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2016.