Jindřich Janečka

Jindřich Janečka (born 14 April 2004) is a Czech boxer. He is five-time champion of the Czech Republic (at various ages), member of the Czech Republic national team and winner of international boxing tournaments. He is also a judoka.

Life
Jindřich Janečka is originally from Brno and has been involved in combat sports since childhood. In 2016, in school boys category he won the title champion of the Czech Republic in judo.

In the same year, he started boxing at the boxing club Kometa Brno under Vit Kral, who later became his head coach. In national tournament in boxing, he also fought for Boxing club Ostrava.

At 17, in 2022, he challenged the reigning Czech Republic men's champion, Tomáš Bureš, and won.

In 2023, he became the face of the first CUPRA Garage in the Czech Republic.

Sports career

 * 2018
 * Champion of the Czech Republic, school youth, 62 kg category, RSC victory (victory by ending the match by ringside referee).
 * 2020
 * Champion of the Czech Republic, boys, 75 kg category, victory by opponent gave up.
 * 5th place at the European boys Championship.
 * Winner of the Olympic Hopes Tournament.
 * 2021
 * Champion of the Czech Republic, youth, 75 kg category, won on points 5–0.
 * Winner at the IBA Maribor Cup international tournament.
 * Participant in the European youth Championships.
 * 2022
 * Champion of the Czech Republic, youth, 80 kg category, RSC victory.
 * Participant in the European youth Championships.
 * 2nd place at the European IBA Tournament Danas Pozniakas.
 * 2nd place at the European IBA Tournament Memorial of Július Torma.
 * 2023
 * Champion of the Czech Republic, men, 80 kg category, wins on points.
 * Participant of the 2023 European Games in Kraków after nomination by the Czech Olympic Committee.
 * 2024
 * bronze medal from the 54th International Grand Prix tournament of the city of Ústí nad Labem 2024, where he lost to the Chinese representative 2023 world vice-champion and 2022 Asian Games winner Tuohetaerbieke Tanglatihan.

Other
Jindřich Janečka played a central role in the clip of the rapper ICKO in the song JAB, JAB, which was released on May 15, 2023. At the end of the song (2:44), he poses with all his medals. The clip was placed in the TOP charts and has 68,000 views on YouTube.