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Jan MATURA

Czech Republic

Gender: Male
Nationality: Czech Republic

Birthday: 29 January 1980
Age: 34

Height: 1.75 m (5' 9'')
Weight: 62 kg / 137 lbs

Place of Birth: Czech Republic, CESKY KRUMLOV
Place of Residence: -

Ski Jumping

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Athlete competitions and results

8 February, 20:30 Men's Normal Hill Individual Qualification Round
Jan MATURA
Total Points: 118.5
Rank: 8

9 February, 21:30 Men's Normal Hill Individual 1st Round
Jan MATURA
Total Points: 123.9
Rank: 18

9 February, 22:47 Men's Normal Hill Individual Final Round
Jan MATURA
Total Points: 239.5
Rank: 23

14 February, 21:30 Men's Large Hill Individual Qualification Round
Jan MATURA
Total Points: 106.4
Rank: 17

15 February, 21:30 Men's Large Hill Individual 1st Round
Jan MATURA
Total Points: 125.6
Rank: 11

15 February, 23:02 Men's Large Hill Individual Final Round
Jan MATURA
Total Points: 244.8
Rank: 18

17 February, 21:15 Men's Team 1st Round
Team: CZE
Total Points: 476.0
Rank: 7

17 February, 22:26 Men's Team Final Round
Team: CZE
Total Points: 967.8
Rank: 7

Additional Information

Highlights

SKI JUMPING

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Olympic Winter Games
9	Large Hill Team	2006	Torino, ITA	397.0
12	Large Hill Team	2002	Salt Lake City, UT, USA	724.6
21	Normal Hill Individual	2006	Torino, ITA	231.0
22	Large Hill Individual	2006	Torino, ITA	204.4
47	Normal Hill Individual	2002	Salt Lake City, UT, USA	91.5
	Large Hill Individual	2002	Salt Lake City, UT, USA	DNQ
World Championships
5	Large Hill Individual	2013	Val di Fiemme, ITA	281.4
7	Large Hill Team	2013	Val di Fiemme, ITA	1022.1
7	Normal Hill Team	2011	Oslo, NOR	917.9
8	Large Hill Team	2011	Oslo, NOR	387.7
10	Mixed Normal Hill Team	2013	Val di Fiemme, ITA	417.1
12	Normal Hill Individual	2013	Val di Fiemme, ITA	233.7
40	Large Hill Individual	2011	Oslo, NOR	98.9

World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons

Season	Overall
2013/2014	21
2012/2013	10
2011/2012	52
2010/2011	27

Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011

Season	NH-Individual	Large Hill Individual	SF-Individual	NH-Team	LH-Team	SF-Team
2013/2014	1 x DNQ	1 x 7th	1 x 6th	1 x 12th	1 x 6th	-
2012/2013	1 x 35th	2 x 1st	1 x 2nd	-	1 x 5th	1 x 5th
2011/2012	1 x DNQ	2 x 20th	2 x 40th	1 x 9th	2 x 6th	1 x 7th
2010/2011	-	1 x 4th	1 x 11th	-	2 x 8th	1 x 6th

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Ten best World Cup performances in current season
6	Ski Flying Individual	2013/2014	Tauplitz, AUT	345.9
6	Large Hill Team	2013/2014	Zakopane, POL	952.4
7	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Sapporo, JPN	243.0
7	Large Hill Team	2013/2014	Klingenthal, GER	453.3
8	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Sapporo, JPN	254.3
10	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Wisla, POL	249.8
11	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Willingen, GER	228.9
11	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER	261.7
12	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Bischofshofen, AUT	267.1
12	Normal Hill Team	2013/2014	Lillehammer, NOR	357.7
Four Hills Tournament (Ranking)
19	Large Hill Individual	2012/2013		841.3
20	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014		759.7
42	Large Hill Individual	2010/2011		395.7
47	Large Hill Individual	2011/2012		252.9

Legend
NH-Normal Hill, LH-Large Hill, SF-Ski Flying, DNS-Did not start, DNQ-Did not qualify for main competition, DSQ-Disqualified

NORDIC COMBINED

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Olympic Winter Games
8	Team Gundersen NH / 4x5km	1998	Nagano, JPN	57:04.7
35	Individual Gundersen NH / 15km	1998	Nagano, JPN	47:35.0

Nickname: Fousac, Maturin, Mati (fischersports.com, 28 Feb 2013; czech-ski.com, 07 Nov 2005)
Occupation: Athlete
Languages Spoken: Czech, English, German
Other Sports: He competed in Nordic combined at international level from 1997 to 2001. (fis-ski.com, 15 Feb 2001)

Hobbies: Golf, tennis, music, playing the guitar. (gaan-cz.com, 27 Jul 2013; NOC Media Guide, 2014)
Family: Wife Veronika, son Matej
Coach: David Jiroutek [national] (CZE) (czech-ski.com, 08 Nov 2013)
Previous Olympics: Torino 2006, Salt Lake City 2002, Nagano 1998

Additional Information

Start of sporting career
He took up ski jumping in 1984. (gaan-cz.com, 10 Apr 2013)

Reason for taking up this sport
He got involved in the sport because his father was a coach. He originally competed in Nordic combined, but his results were significantly better in ski jumping than cross-country skiing. After finishing 44th in the Gundersen [Nordic combined] event at 2001 World Championships in Lahti, Finland, he switched to ski jumping. (sport.idnes.cz, 27 Feb 2013; zivotopis.osobnosti.cz, 21 Sep 2005)

Ambitions
To win an Olympic gold medal. (czech-ski.com, 01 Nov 2013)

Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning his first two World Cup events on successive days in Sapporo, Japan, in January 2013. (casco-schutzhelme.de, 21 Jan 2013; berkutschi.com, 19 Jan 2013)

Hero
Austrian ski jumper Andreas Goldberger, and German golfer Martin Kaymer. (NOC Media Guide, 2014)

Sporting philosophy / motto
"Form benefits from rest." (NOC Media Guide, 2014)

Awards
In 2013 he was named King of the White Trail by the Czech Ski Association, in recognition of being the best athlete of the year. (ceskatelevize.cz, 18 Sep 2013)

Social Media
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