Hockey player Jan Marek: sport achievements and biography

Jan Marek is a famous Czech hockey player, who was famous for his performances for the strongest Russian teams. Prematurely passed away, crashed on the plane together with the team "Locomotive".

Early years of the athlete

Jan was born in the winter of 1979 in the Czechoslovak Republic.

The guy from an early age grew up an active child, and so the parents decided that he should be given to the sport. For a long time the family could not decide where the boy would be better, but then the choice was made in favor of hockey.

Marek with pleasure was engaged in this sport, but especially did not stand out against the background of his peers. He was incredibly efficient, and the coaches could not miss it.

It was very difficult for him, as in complexion Jan Marek did not look like a hockey player at all. However, as it turns out a little later, the young man will prove to be really talented and will connect his life with hockey.

In childhood and youth, he played for a team from his native city, which was called "Vaigar." Already at an early age, he tried to be always on the attack, which influenced the fact that in his professional career he will play in the position of the extreme striker.

In the 1995-1996 season, Ian confirmed his talent and became the best player in the youth league. In his native team, he will play a few more years, and then begin to speak at a professional level.

Adult career

Before the start of the 1998-1999 season, a nineteen-year-old boy joined the club Otselarji Třinec. Given that the athlete was quite young, he was not the main player, and periodically came to replace. In the 2001-2002 season he became a regular player of the main line-up and in the total played 52 games, earned 42 points in them. In the next year, Jan Marek will show himself in all its glory. The hockey player will play in 51 games, throw 32 goals and give 30 assists.

The next three seasons the hockey player will spend in "Sparta" and will show a fairly high level. In just three years he will make 133 effective actions and lead the country championship.

Despite a decent statistic, the Prague team will not hold a stellar player, and he will move to Magnitogorsk Metallurg.

In "Metallurg" Jan Marek will play four incredibly successful years. He will be the best sniper of the championship in the 2008-2009 season. Then the team will win the bronze medals of the World Cup. The athlete will also play in the Champions League final.

In 2011, he will move to the Moscow CSKA. It is worth noting that he will spend part of the season in Atlanta.

Later, the athlete moves to Yaroslavl "Locomotive". Unfortunately, he will not speak for the railwaymen.

The legend of the Russian championship will be Jan Marek. Photos and videos from his games in the Russian clubs show a heat of passion and make fans happy.

Career in the national team

Hockey player Had a short, but quite successful career in the national team of his country.

For the first time he volunteered under the banner of the Czech national team in 2007. Jan will go with the team to the world championship, but the Czech Republic will not win awards. The hockey player will play six games, score two goals and give two assists.

In 2009, Jan Marek again falls into the main team of the country and sent in its composition to the World Cup. The Czech Republic will take only the sixth place. The player will take part in five fights, will score two goals and give one transfer.

A year later the Czech national team will be able to win the world championship. Marek will play in the tournament 9 games and will score 3 goals.

In 2011, the Czech team will win silver, and the hockey player will be able to excel only once, despite the fact that he will play in nine games.

In total, Jan Marek will win 36 fights for the national team of the country and earn 18 points.

Death

In September 2011, Jan will die with the whole team. The plane, in which will be the entire Yaroslavl "Locomotive", will break at takeoff.

The day of the tragedy will become a real mourning for the whole country. For a long time relatives will mourn the dead hockey players.

The Czech hockey player moved to the camp of the "railwaymen" shortly before the tragic incident. He was acquired as one of the strongest forwards of the Russian championship. Unfortunately, fate ordered that the athlete did not play a single game for a new team.

Ian was married. He repeatedly said that he loves his wife madly. Shortly before the death of the hockey player, the couple had a son, who was named after his father.

To date, the mother brings up the child by herself.

In memory of the athlete

Given that the hockey player has become "his" in the Russian championship, and especially in Metallurg, he is often remembered with a kind word.

In the summer of 2012, his sweater was raised over the arena of Magnitogorsk. This gesture was regarded as a sign of memory.

In 2013, the leadership of the Prague "Sparta" on the home arena opened a monument to the dead hockey player.

In the near future, it is planned to install a memorial plaque for the athlete in his hometown.

It was such a famous hockey player Jan Marek. His biography could be much larger, but alas, fate decreed otherwise.