Jiri Raška ( Czech Jiří Raška ; February 4, 1941 , Frenstat pod Radhoštěm - January 20, 2012 , Novi Jicin ) - Czechoslovak ski jumper , champion of the Winter Olympic Games in Grenoble (1968) .
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| A country |  Czech | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of Birth | February 4, 1941 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Frenstat pod Radhoštěm , Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | January 20, 2012 (aged 70) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Novi Jicin , Czech Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sports career | until 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sports career
He began to train in the legendary for Czechoslovakia group "Remza Boys" coach Zdenek Remza. He was a substitute at the Olympic Games in Innsbruck (1964) . After two fourth places in the World Ski Championships in Oslo (1966) and a silver Tour of the four springboards of the 1967/68 season, he became the Olympic champion in the Grenoble Games (1968) on the K-70 ski jump and the silver medalist on the K-90 ski jump, becoming the first Olympic champion from Czechoslovakia in winter sports.
In 1970, at the World Championships in the High Tatras, he won silver on the 120-meter springboard and was 8th on the 90-meter. On March 22, 1969, at competitions in the Yugoslav Planica, he sets a new record in diving distance - 164 m. In the 1970/71 season, he wins four ski jumps on the Tour , after two second positions (1967/68 and 1968/69). In 1972, he won the bronze medal at the world championship in ski jumping , and at the Winter Olympics in Sapporo (1972) he took fifth place in jumping from K-90 and tenth from K-120.
In 1974, he began his coaching career, announcing that he would finish the performance only after he was defeated by a younger athlete of the national team. This happened two years later, when he was ahead of Frantisek Novak. The last official performance dates back to 1979, when the athlete spoke at veteran competitions.
In the 1990s coached a team of Czech juniors, was deputy chairman of the country's ski federation. In 1994-1996 Together with the Medal, and later with Malets , he worked as a coach of the national team. Raska was recognized as the best Czech skier of the 20th century according to a survey of journalists and members of the Czech Ski Association. In 2011, Czech President Vaclav Klaus awarded Raska with the Merit Medal.
In 1968, he supported the Prague Spring and signed the appeal “Two Thousand Words” .