Jiří Kejval [SEP] place of birth
Jiří Kejval
Jiří Kejval (born 30 November 1967 in Prague) is an entrepreneur, President of the Czech Olympic Committee, member of IOC and former international rower.
He graduated from the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague. He is married, with three children.
Sports career.
In the 1990s he was for many years a Czechoslovak, and then Czech international rower and a member of the Slavia Rowing Club. In 1992 and 1993 he won the Rössler-Ořovskéhý Spring Sculls Race
end of their competitive careers.
From 1996 to 2014 he was President of the Czech Rowing Association. 
Since 2015 Jiří Kejval has been a member of the Marketing and New Sources of Finance Commission of the Association of National Olympic Committees. In the same year he announced his intention to stand as a candidate for membership of the International Olympic Committee.
Business activities.
Whilst still at university he established the company TECHO in 1991 with a partner. Initially the company produced lighting and small office items. Later under Kejval