{{Short description|Czech high jumper}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Jan Štefela | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|04|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Krnov, Czech Republic | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | sport = Athletics | event = High jump | club = | coach = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{CZE}}}} {{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2025 Tokyo|High jump}} {{Medal|Competition|European Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2025 Apeldoorn|High jump}} {{Medal|Competition|European Athletics U23 Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2021 Tallinn|High jump}} }}
'''Jan Štefela''' ({{IPA|cs|ˈjan ˈʃtɛfɛla}}; born 20 April 2001) is a Czech high jumper. He won the gold medal in the high jump event at the 2021 European Under-23 Championships, the bronze medal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, and placed fifth at the 2024 World Indoor Championships.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tallinn21-u23results.european-athletics.com/resEU23CH-/pdf/EU23CH-/ATH/EU23CH-_ATH_C73M_ATHMHIGHJUMP----------FNL---------.pdf |title=Final Results |access-date=2021-07-20 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2021-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720064509/https://tallinn21-u23results.european-athletics.com/resEU23CH-/pdf/EU23CH-/ATH/EU23CH-_ATH_C73M_ATHMHIGHJUMP----------FNL---------.pdf }}</ref><ref>[https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7180312/AT-HJ-M-f----.RS6.pdf Men's high jump at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships] World Athletics</ref> He is also a three-time national champion, winning the outdoor title in 2022, and 2023, and the indoor title in 2023.
His personal best is 2.30 metres indoors, set in Třinec in February 2024 and 2.33 metres outdoors, set in June 2025 in Madrid, Spain.
==Life== Štefela was born on 20 April 2001 in the hospital in Krnov,<ref>{{cite web |title=Jan Štefela|url=https://www.olympijskytym.cz/athlete/jan-stefela|publisher=Czech Olympic Committee|language=cs|access-date=2025-09-18}}</ref> however, he is native of the nearby municipality of Zátor.<ref>{{cite web |last=Šimek|first=Květoslav|title=Senzační Štefela. Výškař ze Zátoru má bronz z mistrovství světa|url=https://bruntalsky.denik.cz/ostatni_region/zator-atletika-mistrovstvi-sveta-tokio-bronz-vyska-jan-stefela-baba.html|work=Deník.cz|language=cs|date=2025-09-16|access-date=2025-09-18}}</ref>
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable}} |- !colspan="5"|Representing {{CZE}} |- |2021 |European U23 Championships |Tallinn, Estonia |bgcolor=gold|1st |2.20 m |- |2022 |European Championships |Munich, Germany |7th |2.18 m |- |2023 |European U23 Championships |Espoo, Finland |5th |2.15 m |- |rowspan=3|2024 |World Indoor Championships |Glasgow, United Kingdom |5th |2.24 m |- |European Championships |Rome, Italy |5th |2.26 m |- |Olympic Games |Paris, France |9th |2.22 m |- |rowspan=3|2025 |European Indoor Championships |Apeldoorn, Netherlands |bgcolor=silver|2nd |2.29 m |- |World Indoor Championships |Nanjing, China |9th |2.14 m |- |World Championships |Tokyo, Japan |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |2.34 m |- |2026 |World Indoor Championships |Toruń, Poland |6th |2.26 m |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Sports links}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stefela, Jan}} Category:2001 births Category:Living people Category:Czech men high jumpers Category:21st-century Czech sportsmen Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games Category:Sportspeople from Krnov Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic Category:World Athletics Championships medalists Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for the Czech Republic
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