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{{short description|Czechoslovak long jumper}}
'''Jan Leitner''' ({{IPA|cs|ˈjan ˈlajtnɛr}}; born 14 September 1953) is a retired [[long jump]]er who represented [[Czechoslovakia]].

Leitner was born in [[Znojmo]], [[Czechoslovakia]]. His greatest achievements were gold medals at the [[European Athletics Indoor Championships]] and [[IAAF World Indoor Championships]] in 1984 and 1985. He represented his country at the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] and the [[1983 World Championships in Athletics]].

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
|1980
|[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]]
|18th
|
|-
|1982
|[[1982 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] 
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|
|-
|1983
|[[1983 World Championships in Athletics - Men's long jump|World Championships]] 
|[[Helsinki, Finland]]
| 10th
|-
|1984
|[[1984 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Gothenburg]], Sweden
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|
|-
|1985
|[[1985 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Paris]], France
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|
|-
|1986
|[[1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Madrid]], Spain
|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
|
|}

== References ==
* {{World Athletics}}
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/jan-leitner-1.html |title=Jan Leitner |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017071906/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/jan-leitner-1.html |archive-date=2012-10-17 |url-status=dead}}

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[[Category:1953 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Znojmo]]
[[Category:Athletes from the South Moravian Region]]
[[Category:Czech male long jumpers]]
[[Category:Czechoslovak male long jumpers]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Czechoslovakia]]
[[Category:World Athletics Indoor Championships winners]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games]]
[[Category:Czechoslovak Athletics Championships winners]]


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