Jakub Vadlejch (Czech pronunciation:[ˈjakubˈvadlɛjx]; born 10 October 1990) is a Czech track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw.[1] He is a four-time Olympian for the Czech Republic, having competed in 2012, 2016,2020 and 2024 winning a silver medal in 2020. He also has represented his country six times at the World Championships in Athletics (2011, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2023), winning the bronze medal in 2022 and 2023 and silver medal in 2017, and six times a competitor at the European Athletics Championships (2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022 and 2024), winning the silver medal in 2022 and the gold medal in 2024. He also won the 2016 Diamond League title, 2017 Diamond League title, and the 2023 Diamond League Title.
Vadlejch had his breakthrough season in 2016. He reached the final at the 2016 Summer Olympics, taking eighth place, and took victory on the 2016 IAAF Diamond League circuit, with three wins and a personal best of 88.02 m (288 ft 9+1⁄4 in) in the process. At the 2017 World Championships he set his new personal best, 89.73 m (294 ft 4+1⁄2 in), winning the silver medal.
2020 Tokyo Olympic
He won the silver medal in the Men's Javelin throw event. He finished at the second spot behind India's Neeraj Chopra.[3][4]