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Olympic Games

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	8th (82.42)
2012	London, GBR	Qual. (77.61)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	5th (82.19)
2017	London, GBR	2nd (89.73)
2015	Beijing, CHN	Qual. (78.95)
2011	Daegu, KOR	Qual. (80.08)

European Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2018	Berlin, GER	8th (80.64)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Javelin Throw
2021	1 x 4th
2019	1 x 2nd, 1 x 5th, 3 x 6th
2018	1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 5th
2017	1 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2017	Javelin Throw	Zurich, SUI	88.50
2	2019	Javelin Throw	Birmingham, GBR	85.78
2	2017	Javelin Throw	Monaco, MON	85.43
2	2017	Javelin Throw	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	88.02
3	2018	Javelin Throw	Rabat, MAR	85.31
3	2017	Javelin Throw	Doha, QAT	87.91
4	2021	Javelin Throw	Gateshead, GBR	80.85
4	2018	Javelin Throw	Eugene, OR, USA	85.40
4	2017	Javelin Throw	Rome, ITA	86.37
5	2019	Javelin Throw	Oslo, NOR	82.73
5	2018	Javelin Throw	Doha, QAT	86.67

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
4	2021	Javelin Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Ostrava, CZE	82.31

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2018	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	88.36
2	2019	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Nanjing, CHN	85.34
3	2019	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	82.97
3	2017	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	85.15
3	2017	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	86.43

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Athlete

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic

Czech, English

TJ Dukla Praha [Czech Republic]

Jan Zelezny [personal], CZE

He was hampered by a knee injury in 2019. (idnes.cz, 05 Oct 2019)

He had a back injury that sidelined him for two weeks in 2018. (idnes.cz, 05 Oct 2019)

He took up athletics at age 10 in Prague, Czech Republic. (atletika.cz, 14 Jan 2016)

"From an early age I was interested in various sports. I was the classic child who was trying to unload his infinite energy. For me, most team sports were entertaining, but the desire for individual success and finding my own limits pulled me to athletics." (atletika.cz, 14 Jan 2016)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sport.cz, 06 Oct 2019)

Czech javelin thrower Jan Zelezny. (atletika.cz, 14 Jan 2016)

"I don't have a talisman, just myself." (NOC, 19 Jul 2012)

"Don't waste time looking for obstacles that might not exist." [German writer Franz Kafka] (NOC, 19 Jul 2012)

He was named Male Athlete of the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague in both 2016 and 2017. (czu.cz, 04 Dec 2017)

He was named 2009 Discovery of the Year in the Czech Republic. (atletika.cz, 2010)