14 Facts About Jakub Janda

Jakub Janda is one of the most successful ski jumpers from the Czech Republic, and is the only Czech World Cup champion to date.

Jakub Janda had his first major success in 2003, finishing in third place in Liberec.

Jakub Janda improved his performance under new Slovenian coach Vasja Bajc in 2004.

Jakub Janda won a silver and a bronze medal at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf.

Jakub Janda won the first round by one point, then increased his lead to three points before the last jump.

Jakub Janda was the first Czech winner of the Tournament since Jiri Raska in 1971.

Jakub Janda then experienced a drop of form, leading to poor results at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, finishing 13th in the individual normal hill, 10th in the individual large hill and 9th in the team large hill.

Jakub Janda's lead grew to 175 points with 200 points to gain in the last round in Planica.

Jakub Janda announced he did not want to participate in the ski flying event, but had to compete in Planica to secure his overall title.

Jakub Janda did not enter the last race and finished the World Cup standings with 1151 points, still 127 ahead of Ahonen.

Jakub Janda was the first Czech to win the ski jumping World Cup, and the first to win the Olympic discipline World Cup standings.

Jakub Janda has competed in three Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of seventh in the team large hill event at Vancouver in 2010 while his best individual finish was 13th in the individual normal hill event at Turin four years earlier.

Jakub Janda was elected to the Czech parliament three weeks later.

Jakub Janda participated in the 2017 Czech legislative election and was elected into the parliament as a candidate of the Civic Democratic Party.