Jiří Ježek

Jiří Ježek (born 16 October 1974 in Prague) is a former Czech road and track racing cyclist and Paralympian who has won medals at each of the past three Paralympic Games.

After five years of hard training Ježek began to emerge as one of the world's top cyclists riding in the paralympic LC2 (locomotor disabilities) category.

Altogether Ježek competes in anywhere between 55 and 75 races worldwide each year and, including training, covers an annual distance of between 27 and 30 thousand kilometers.

Off the bike he is regularly involved with other work including motivational speaking, supporting charities, organising children's cycle races and advising in the development of prosthetic limbs.

[4] In 2024, he participates in the 13th season of Czech dancing reality TV show StarDance with his professional partner Lenka Nora Návorková [cs].

Ježek in 2018