Jiří Lanský (17 September 1933 – 14 February 2017) was a Czech

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er who won silver medals at the 1954 and 1958 European Championships. He finished seventh at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

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1933 births 2017 deaths Czech male high jumpers Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes from Prague {{Czech-sport-bio-stub