Jakub Janda
Janda in 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 27 April 1978 | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Czech Republic | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skiing | |||||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 1996–2018 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 361 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. wins | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 47 | |||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 1 (2006) | |||||||||||||||||
| Four Hills titles | 1 (2006) | |||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 218 m (715 ft) Vikersund, 25 Feb 2012 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 17 November 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jakub Janda (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjakup ˈjanda]; born 27 April 1978) is a Czech politician and former ski jumper. In ski jumping he competed from 1996 to 2017, winning the gold medal in the 2005–06 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup as the 2006 World Champion. He also won the 2005/06 Four Hills Tournament (shared with Janne Ahonen), as well as silver and bronze medals at the 2005 World Championships. Janda is one of the most successful ski jumpers from the Czech Republic, and is the only Czech World Cup champion to date.
At the 2017 Czech legislative election, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies representing the Civic Democratic Party.