Michael LEJSEK

Czech Republic

Luge

Date of Birth: 24 Feb 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Place of birth: KADAN

Birth Country:

Czech Republic

Residence: KLASTEREC NAD OHRI

Residence Country:

Czech Republic

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Luge	Men's Singles	30

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Training Group A Run 1	Finished
After Run 1	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Training Group A Run 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Training Group A Run 3	Finished
After Run 3	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Training Group A Run 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Training Run 5	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Training Run 6	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Run 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Run 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Run 3	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Team Relay Training Men	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Team Relay Competition	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Youth Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
17	Singles	2016	Lillehammer, NOR	00:01:39.668
DSQ	Team Relay	2016	Lillehammer, NOR

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
9	Team Relay	2020	Sochi, RUS	2:50.345
29	Men's Singles	2020	Sochi, RUS	53.187
30	Men's Singles	2021	Koenigssee, GER	50.513
32	Men's Singles	2019	Winterberg, GER	54.293

U23 World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
8	Men's Singles	2020	Sochi, RUS	53.187
10	Men's Singles	2021	Koenigssee, GER	50.513
12	Men's Singles	2019	Winterberg, GER	54.293

World Cup Rankings
Season	Men's Singles
2021/22	39
2020/21	35
2019/20	37
2018/19	37
2016/17	59

Hobbies:

Sport, music.

Occupation:

Athlete, Welder

Languages spoken:

Czech

Sporting relatives:

Grandfather (Luge).

Debut:

2019 World Cup in Koenigssee (Relay - 10th)

Start:

Took up the sport at age 10 on the local natural track. He planned on riding his bike that day, but tried out luge instead. (5plus2.cz, 28 April 2017)

Reason:

"After the first ride, this sport excited me. I enjoy the tremendous speed." (5plus2.cz, 28 April 2017)

Hero:

Czech MMA fighter Jiri Prochazka (olympijskytym.cz)

Philosophy:

"It could always be worse." (olympijskytym.cz)

Milestones

Two top-10 finishes at the 2020 World Championships, finishing eighth in the singles (U23), and ninth with the relay team. Was 10th in 2021 (U23) singles.

Two top-10 relay finishes at the Junior European Championships (2017, 2018)

Has five top-10 World Cup finishes between seventh and 10th from January 2019 (Konigssee) through to December 2020 (Oberhof).

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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