Jan Micka (; born 15 January 1995 in

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) is a Czech swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events. 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. Micka qualified for the men's 1500 m freestyle, as Czech Republic's youngest swimmer (aged 17), at the

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, by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 15:28.49 from the European Junior Championships in

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. 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.

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* * * * * * 1995 births Living people Czech male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for the Czech Republic Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Prague Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{CzechRepublic-swimming-bio-stub