Antonin Hajek, ski jumping champion who took part in two Olympics has been found dead in Malaysia. A story with several points to clarify.
The mystery related to Antonin Hajek Unfortunately it turned out in the worst way. The lifeless body of the Czech Olympian, who had been missing for months, has been found. The search has concluded in Malaysia, with the authorities investigating the cause of the death which appears to have occurred several months ago.
Antonin Hajek he wrote important sporting pages for the Czech Republic, becoming one of the top athletes in winter disciplines. Specializing in individual ski jumping, he is the Czech record holder, and also obtained a fourth place at the 2010 World Championships. His career had to deal with an accident on the track in 2005 and a serious car crash in 2008 , from which he miraculously escaped alive, reporting several fractures that seem to put an end to his activity.
Instead, the boy born in 1987 with an exceptional attitude managed to get back on track, taking away the satisfaction of recording the third longest jump in the history of ski jumping. Upon arrival also participation at two Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Sochi then withdrew in 2015 also due to health problems.
Hajsek in action at the Olympics
His name became topical again a few months ago when she was reported missing. In fact, traces of her had gone missing in October, with ex-wife Veronika Hajkova telling Czech website Blesk in November that her contacts with her husband had ended in the spring of 2022, when the couple separated: “We haven’t lived together since March and have only been in contact through divorce papers. I only learned of her departure when she was reported missing.”
Hajek has lost track of him, also worrying friends, family and associations related to skiing. A police spokeswoman told TVP Sport: “The man gives no sign of being alive. We’re still working on the case. What we can confirm is that the last track of him was recorded in Malaysia. He was last seen there“.
The news of his death has been circulating in the past few hours, although apparently the boy had been deceased for some time according to the first tests carried out. According to a source close to the family in Blesk, his body was found in the sea near the group of islands of Langkawi. It is difficult to identify the body, also because apparently he did not have any documents with him. The source said: “The family received information from the local authorities that the sea was very rough at the time.”. The boy who loved surfing very much, according to what was found after the discovery, may have died several months ago. No further details on the incident were provided, although there are rumors relating to his problems related to not having accepted the divorce.
