Marek Jiras

Marek Jiras (, born 18 August 1976 in Prague) is a Czech slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1992 to 2009.

He won a bronze medal in the C2 event at the 2000 Summer Olympics together with Tomáš Máder. They then competed in the same event at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where they finished seventh.

Jiras and Máder also won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with six golds (C2: 1999, C2 team: 1993, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2007), a silver (C2 team: 1997) and a bronze (C2: 2002). They won five more medals at the European Championships (1 gold, 3 silvers and 1 bronze).

World Cup individual podiums Total C2 8 11 7 26

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 1993 18 July 1993 La Seu d'Urgell 2nd C2 1996 9 June 1996 La Seu d'Urgell 1st C2 1997 22 June 1997 Bourg St.-Maurice 3rd C2 29 June 1997 Björbo 3rd C2 28 July 1997 Ocoee 2nd C2 3 August 1997 Minden 1st C2 1998 14 June 1998 Liptovský Mikuláš 1st C2 13 September 1998 La Seu d'Urgell 3rd C2 1999 20 June 1999 Tacen 1st C2 24 June 1999 Tacen 1st C2 2000 30 April 2000 Penrith 2nd C2 23 July 2000 Prague 2nd C2 2001 10 June 2001 Tacen 3rd C2 28 July 2001 Augsburg 2nd C2 2002 4 August 2002 Prague 3rd C2 2003 6 July 2003 La Seu d'Urgell 2nd C2 13 July 2003 Tacen 1st C2 2004 11 July 2004 Prague 2nd C2 17 July 2004 Augsburg 2nd C2 2005 26 June 2005 Tacen 2nd C21 2006 28 May 2006 Athens 3rd C2 11 June 2006 La Seu d'Urgell 1st C2 2007 1 July 2007 Prague 2nd C2 14 July 2007 Augsburg 2nd C2 2008 22 June 2008 Prague 1st C2 29 June 2008 Tacen 3rd C2

1 European Championship counting for World Cup points