He grew up along with the support of his parents, whose information is not available. However, his brother, with whom he grew up, is Micmaela Zelezna. Not much about his early life education is known, but he studied at a local high school to receive a formal education. From a young age, Zelezny was interested in athletism who used to play sports like handball and hockey. Moving towards his physical appearance, Jan stands tall with an impressive body height of 6 feet and 1-inch or cm.
Similarly, Zelezny weighs around 87kg or pounds having a fit and athletic body figure, which is surely the result of his hard work and training. Jan Zelezny made his first international appearance in the junior world championship and came at the sixth place, making the throw of Zelezny was professionally trained by his father, including the techniques of throwing the javelin as throwing the iron handball.
Jan Zelezny practicing for a match. Before becoming a professional javelin thrower, Jan represents himself as a military army at the world level in the rank of Major.
Sadly, this athlete faced a back injury since his early career, which led him to miss multiple events. Jan has participated in four Olympic games throughout his professional years, making his first debut in Seoul in The athlete made a huge Similarly, in , he made his second Olympic games appearance in Barcelona, where he made a massive Likewise, this athlete made his third appearance in Atlanta in , where he again received a gold medal making a throw of Finally, in the Sydney Olympics, Jan made a new Olympics record with a throw of With this achievement, he was elected as a member of the IOC.
This Czech athlete had appeared in a total of eight World Championship events throughout his professional career. During the World Championship held in Stuttgart, Germany, in , he made a massive Similarly, he won his second and third gold medals with a throw of This Czech javelin thrower is the only athlete who made a throw over 95 meters with the new type of javelin.
However, the record was broken in , which Jan had achieved three times throughout his career. Zelezny as a Javelin Coach. Jan Zelezny played the last competition of his professional career at the European Championships held in Gothenburg, Sweden. However, as of recent, this former and legendary javelin thrower is a coach of Vitezslav Vesely. Also, he was a former coach of Barbora Spotakova. This former Czech athlete is currently living a happy married life along with his beautiful wife, Martha.
Jan Zelezny with his Family. Although he is a retired athlete, Zelezny is giving continuity to his profession as a javelin coach who has successfully changed the lives of multiple athletes. Contributing to the sport for nearly two decades, he has earned a place next to Emil Zatopek and Vera Caslavska, the legends of Czechoslovak Olympic Sport.
One of the legendary javelin throwers from the Czech who is currently serving as a coach is still earning good money. Zelezny currently makes his earning as a coach while he used to make tons of money during his active professional career. As a famous athlete of his time, Jan also used to make enough from his brand endorsements and sponsorships.
Covid remains a complicating factor this season. With the Olympics the primary goal for both, their choices up until the Tokyo javelin final will be made with that almost exclusively in mind.
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