Karel Kodejška is a Czech

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 Ski jumper

Ski jumping

Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land as far as possible down the hill below. In addition to the length of the jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long...

 who competed from 1969 to 1976. He won two medals at the FIS Ski Flying World Championships with a gold in 1975

FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1975

The FIS Ski-Flying World Ski Championships 1975 took place in Bad Mitterndorf, Austria.-Individual:-Medal table:-References:* - accessed 25 November 2009....

 and a bronze in 1973

FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1973

The FIS Ski-Flying World Ski Championships 1973 took place in Oberstdorf, West Germany. From 1973 to 1985, these championships would be held in odd-numbered years.-Individual:-Medal table:-References:* - accessed 25 November 2009....

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Kodejška also competed in two Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of tied for seventh in the individual normal hill

Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics

-Large hill:February 11, 1972In the competition on the Okurayama jumping hill, conditions were "variable and unfair" according to a Norwegian account of the 1972 Games published in 2006, and the result is described as "the greatest surprise of all time on the jumping hill"...

 event at Sapporo in 1972

1972 Winter Olympics

The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from February 3 to February 13, 1972 in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan...

. He also finished sixth in the individual normal hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1974 in Falun

Falun

Falun is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 36,447 inhabitants in 2005. It is also the capital of Dalarna County...

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In 1975 he won the Sportsperson of the Year

Sportsperson of the Year (Czechoslovakia)

Sportsperson of the Year was a prize awarded annually to the best athletes of Czechoslovakia from 1959 to 1992 by the Club of Czechoslovak Sports Journalists. The first winner was white-water canoer Vladimír Jirásek. From 1961 the prize was also given to the best sports team; the first team...

 award in Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

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