Gold medal winner in Barcelona.
This weekend in Spain the West McLaren Mercedes team will be joined by someone who has made his name throwing arrows.
Three times Olympic gold medal winner for throwing the javelin, Jan Zelezny is the team's guest for the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya, outside Barcelona this weekend.
In last summer's Sydney Olympics, the man from the Czech Republic became the first javelin thrower in history to pick up a third consecutive gold, setting a new Olympic record, by throwing the javelin 90.17 metres.
This weekend in Spain the West McLaren Mercedes team will be joined by someone who has made his name throwing arrows.
Three times Olympic gold medal winner for throwing the javelin, Jan Zelezny is the team's guest for the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya, outside Barcelona this weekend.
In last summer's Sydney Olympics, the man from the Czech Republic became the first javelin thrower in history to pick up a third consecutive gold, setting a new Olympic record, by throwing the javelin 90.17 metres.
The 35 year old's performance was all the more remarkable as he had been forced to miss a whole season through injury. Zelezny has taken the world record six times in his career and currently holds it with a throw of 98.48 metres, set in Germany four years ago.
As a youngster, Jan tried his hand at handball and ice hockey, only turning to athletics at the age of 15. Javelin throwing was something of a foregone conclusion as both his parents and elder brother were adept at the discipline; his mother being a five times national record holder.
Zelezny will take part in a photoshoot at 11h00 on race-day, Sunday 28th April, at the Communications Centre. Team drivers David Coulthard and Kimi Raikkonen will also be present for the photo call.
