Jiří Holubec (born March 3, 1966 in Jilemnice ) is a biathlon trainer and former Czechoslovak and Czech biathlete . He was a member of the national squad of his nations from the mid-1980s to the end of the 1990s and was part of the international elite for a long period of time. He took part in four Winter Olympics and seven Biathlon World Championships between 1986 and 1998 and won two World Championship medals.
Jiří Holubec lives in Jablonec nad Nisou and started for OZSP Jablonec nad Nisou . The first international championships were the 1986 World Championships at Holmenkollen in Oslo , where he was eleventh in the sprint and sixth in the relay race with Jan Matouš , Zdeněk Hák and Jaromír Šimůnek . A year later in Lake Placid , he achieved good results as tenth in the individual and eleventh in the sprint. In 1988 he took part in his first Olympic Winter Games in Calgary and finished 32nd in the individual, 28th in the sprint and was 11th in relay with František Chládek , Tomáš Kos and Matouš. Holubec achieved its first major international success at the Biathlon World Championships in 1990 , which were held at several locations due to the weather. After he was 32nd in the individual, he won with Kos, Ivan Masařík and Matouš behind the representation of the GDR at their last World Cup and before France the silver medal in the team competition. In 1991 a 26th place was added in Lahti . In 1992 he started for Czechoslovakia for the last time at his second Olympic Games in Albertville . In the individual he came on the 15th, in the sprint on the 23rd and with Martin Rypl , Kos and Masařík in the relay competition on the seventh place.
After Czechoslovakia dissolved on January 1, 1993, Holubec started for the Czech Republic . The first international championship was the 1993 World Championships in Borowetz , where he was seventh in the individual and with Petr Garabík , Kos and Masařík as the last runner of the season 12th. A year later he started in Lillehammer for the first time for the Czech Republic at the Olympic Games, where Holubec 17th in the individual, 29th of the sprint and with the relay in the line-up of last year's World Cup again relay 12. has been. At the Biathlon World Championships in Canmore in 1995 he came 14th of the individual again to a good place, also won his second World Championship silver medal with Garabík, Roman Dostál and Masařík in the team race behind Norway. The last time the Czech competed in 1996 was a world championship in Ruhpolding . In the individual he was 45th and with Garabík, Dostál and Masařík once again 12th with the relay. The last major event and career conclusion were the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , where he was 34th of the individual and with Garabík, Zdeněk Vítek and Masařík 14th in the relay competition.
In the World Cup , Holubec was placed in the top ten several times. After his active career, he became a biathlon trainer and is now responsible for the Czech women's B squad.
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