Marek Jiras


Marek Jiras is a Czech slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1992 to 2009.
He won a bronze medal in the [Canoeing at the 2000 Canoe Slalom World Cup|2000 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-2|C2 event] at the 2000 Summer Olympics together with Tomáš Máder. They then competed in the [Canoeing at the 2004 Canoe Slalom World Cup|2004 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-2|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, a silver and a bronze. They won five more medals at the European Championships.

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
199318 July 1993La Seu d'Urgell2ndC2
19969 June 1996La Seu d'Urgell1stC2
199722 June 1997Bourg St.-Maurice3rdC2
199729 June 1997Björbo3rdC2
199728 July 1997Ocoee2ndC2
19973 August 1997Minden1stC2
199814 June 1998Liptovský Mikuláš1stC2
199813 September 1998La Seu d'Urgell3rdC2
199920 June 1999Tacen1stC2
199924 June 1999Tacen1stC2
200030 April 2000Penrith2ndC2
200023 July 2000Prague2ndC2
200110 June 2001Tacen3rdC2
200128 July 2001Augsburg2ndC2
20024 August 2002Prague3rdC2
20036 July 2003La Seu d'Urgell2ndC2
200313 July 2003Tacen1stC2
200411 July 2004Prague2ndC2
200417 July 2004Augsburg2ndC2
200526 June 2005Tacen2ndC2[|1]
200628 May 2006Athens3rdC2
200611 June 2006La Seu d'Urgell1stC2
20071 July 2007Prague2ndC2
200714 July 2007Augsburg2ndC2
200822 June 2008Prague1stC2
200829 June 2008Tacen3rdC2