Jakub Hlava

Jakub Hlava
nation	Czech Republic
birthday	December 29, 1979
place of birth	Jilemnice, Czechoslovakia
job	soldier
Career
society	Dukla Liberec
National squad	since 1999
Pers. Best	189.5 m ( Planica 2000)
status	not active
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Debut in the World Cup	December 14, 1996
Overall World Cup	56th ( 1999/2000 )
Ski flying world cup	44th (2000/01)
Jump World Cup	55th (1999/00)
Four Hills Tournament	42nd ( 1999/2000 )
Ski jumping Grand Prix
Overall Grand Prix	38th ( 2002 )
last change: February 17, 2009

Jakub Hlava (born December 29, 1979 in Jilemnice ) is a former Czech ski jumper .

Hlava, who has been an active ski jumper since 1986, completed his first jumping World Cup on December 14, 1996 in Harrachov . He finished jumping in 42nd place. He then paused for two years and did not contest any international jumping. It wasn't until December 19, 1998 that he jumped again in the World Cup, also in Harrachov, and was able to convince internationally for the first time with 18th place on the large hill. However, he could not repeat this success and usually only achieved top 40 to top 50 placements. At the ski flying world championship 2000 in Vikersund he reached the 26th place. In the same season he was able to achieve the 2nd round and thus World Cup points several times. In 2001 and 2002 he also jumped at the Summer Grand Prix . He achieved his best individual result here with a 15th place in Hakuba on September 9, 2001. His last jumping competition so far was on March 23, 2002 with the team competition in ski flying in Planica , which he did together with Jiří Parma , Jakub Jiroutek and Jaroslav Sakala finished in 8th place.

Web links

• Jakub Hlava in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)