Jan Micka

Jan Micka
Personal information
Nationality	Czech Republic
Born	15 January 1995 (age 29); Prague, Czech Republic
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	USK Praha
Coach	Jaroslava Passerova

Jan Micka (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈmɪtska]; born 15 January 1995 in Prague) is a Czech swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events.^[1]^[2] He is a two-time Czech record holder in the 800 and 1500 m freestyle. Micka is a member of the swimming team for USK Praha, and is coached and trained by Jaroslava Passerova.^[1]

Micka qualified for the men's 1500 m freestyle, as Czech Republic's youngest swimmer (aged 17), at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 15:28.49 from the European Junior Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.^[3]^[4] He challenged six other swimmers on the first heat, including two-time Olympian Ediz Yıldırımer of Turkey. Micka edged out Iceland's Anton Sveinn McKee to take a second spot by six hundredths of a second (0.06) in 15:29.34. Micka failed to advance into the final, as he placed twenty-fourth overall in the preliminaries.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Jan Micka". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jan Micka". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
^ "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 1500 m freestyle" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
^ "European Junior Swimming Championships – Boys' 1500m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). LEN European Aquatics. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
^ "Men's 1500m Freestyle Heat 1". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2013.