Marek Jiras

Marek Jiras ( [ˈmarɛk ˈjɪras]) (born 18 August 1976 in Prague) is a Czech slalom canoeist who competed in the 1990s and 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the C2 event at the 2000 Summer Olympics together with Tomáš Máder. They then competed at the same event at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but only finished seventh.

Jiras and Máder also won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with six golds (C2: 1999, C2 team: 1993, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2007), a silver (C2 team: 1997) and a bronze (C2: 2002). They won five more medals at the European Championships (1 gold, 3 silvers and 1 bronze).