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Stanislav Ježek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈstaɲɪslaf ˈjɛʒɛk]; born 21 November 1976 in Prague) is a Czech slalom canoeist who has competed since the mid-1990s. He won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C-1 team: 2002), a silver (C-1 team: 2006), and six bronzes (C-1: 2006, C-1 team: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011).
He is the overall World Cup champion in C-1 from 1999 and 2011. He also won a total of 7 medals at the European Championships (1 gold, 3 silvers and 3 bronzes).
Ježek also competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In the C-1 event, he finished fourth in the qualification round, thus progressing to the semifinals. In the semifinals he finished second, managing to reach the top eight and the final round. In the final he finished fifth. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he repeated his 5th position in the C-1 event. He also started in the C-2 event with Vavřinec Hradilek where they finished 9th after being eliminated in the semifinals.