KOVAR Jiri

Date of Birth: 10 Apr 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 2.02/6'7''

Place of birth: ZLIN

Birth Country:

Czech Republic

Place of residence : CIVITANOVA MARCHE

Residence Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Volleyball	Men ITA Italy	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round - Pool A #01 ITA Italy 3 CAN Canada 2	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round - Pool A #09 POL Poland 3 ITA Italy 0	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round - Pool A #17 JPN Japan 1 ITA Italy 3	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round - Pool A #23 ITA Italy 3 IRI Islamic Rep. of Iran 1	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round - Pool A #28 ITA Italy 3 VEN Venezuela 0	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Quarterfinals #32 ITA Italy 2 ARG Argentina 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
13	Men	2014	Poland

Travelling, following the NBA. (tokyo2020.coni.it, 05 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Wife Alessia Knight, son Kevin John

Languages spoken:

Czech, English, German, Italian

Cucine Lube Civitanova [Italy]

Gianlorenzo Blengini [club, national], ITA

Position style:

Wing spiker (tokyo2020.coni.it, 05 Jul 2021)

2011 for Italy Against France, in Lyon, France (federvolley.it, 29 Mar 2012)

A knee injury meant he missed the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (volleynews.it, 19 May 2021)

In October 2012 he injured the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in his left knee during a friendly match. He underwent surgery the following month and began playing again in July 2013. (repubblica.it, 07 Apr 2014; legavolley.it, 04 Jul 2013; cronachemaceratesi.it, 03 Nov 2012)

National league:

SuperLega [ITA] (tuttosport.com, 09 Jul 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 18 Jul 2021)

Winning the 2011/12 Italian SuperLega title. (ivolleymagazine.it, 28 Apr 2021)

Italian volleyball players Lorenzo Bernardi and Osmany Juantorena. (ricerca.gelocal.it, 13 Aug 2010)

General Interest

General
SANCTION
In 2018 he received a four-month suspension from the Italian Anti-Doping Organisation [NADO] after testing positive for the prohibited substance THC [tetrahydrocannabinol]. "I made a mistake, a stupid thing, and I learned. Life goes on and you never stop learning." (worldofvolley.com, 06 Jun 2018, 03 Jan 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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