Vote for VŠPJ Athletes

Studying at the Polytechnic University of Jihlava includes not only lectures, seminars or practice, but also movement! In the ranks of the students of the College, there are many talented sportsmen and women. Some of them are involved in sport for the sheer joy of it, for others sport is a lifelong passion and they reach the top level in their disciplines. Thanks to support programmes such as UNIS, they manage to combine the rigours of sports training and competition with the rigours of study. Who among them deserves the title VŠPJ Athlete? You, the students or employees of the VŠPJ, can decide!

You can vote for only one female or male athlete out of the total of five students nominated by the Sports Cabinet of the University of Applied Sciences in the Sportsman of the University of Applied Sciences poll. Each student or employee of the University of Applied Sciences can vote only once. Voting for the nominees can be done until Friday, March 8, 2024 via a poll in the VŠPJ Information System HERE.

The winner with the highest number of votes will be announced on 15 March 2024 at the 8th VŠPJ Representative Ball at the Workers' House Jihlava.

Nominated athletes

Bc. Lucie Čechová, archery

Lucie, who is currently in the 4th semester of her combined Bachelor's degree in Tourism, is a competitive archer. Right from the beginning of 2024, she has achieved significant success in her discipline. As a representative of VŠPJ and TJ Jiskra Humpolec she took the 3rd place at the 12. Academic Championship of the Czech Republic 2024 in indoor archery, which took place on 12th January in Olomouc. At the 33rd Czech Indoor Archery Championships, which took place from 16th to 18th February in Nymburk, she also managed, together with other members of the TJ Jisrka Humpolec team, to take 4th place in the women's team category.

David Henzl, softball

David Henzl, a 6th semester full-time student of the Bachelor's degree program Applied Computer Science, is active in the softball club Hroši Havlíčkův Brod. He is currently playing the role of a coach of the "B" team. His goal is to make his way back into the starting lineup of the "A" team.

Josef Kunášek is a 4th semester student of the combined form of the Applied Mechanical Engineering program. His sport is mountain biking, specifically MTB - cross country, which he is involved in the Bikepart cycling club. Last year he represented VŠPJ at the Academic Cycling Championship of the Czech Republic. Although he was not able to defend his championship from 2022, he came in a beautiful 3rd place. Another notable achievement was finishing 19th in the 2023 MTB Czech Championship in the MTB XCO Men ELITE category. He is currently preparing for a new cycling season in which he would like to compete in the Academic World Championships to be held in Costa Rica. He is enrolled in the UNIS program to support collegiate athletes.

Mikuláš Střelec, who is studying the 4th semester of full-time studies in the Tourism programme, is competing in athletics within the Atletika Jihlava z.s. club, in several disciplines. In addition to the 60 and 400 m hurdles, he also competes in the high jump and javelin throw. Last year, he successfully represented VŠPJ at the Czech Academic Games in athletics in Olomouc, where he won 3rd place in the 400 m hurdles. He is included in the UNIS programme to support university athletes.

The student of the 6th semester of the full-time Bachelor's degree program Applied Computer Science is a taekwondo player active in the TKD Lacek club. He also achieved success at the international level, when as a representative of the University of Applied Sciences he took 9th place at the EUSA Combat Games in Zagreb, Croatia, as part of the European University Games. He is included in the UNIS program to support university athletes.