Jakub är född 2007 och är sistaårsjunior nästa säsong. Det stora individuella målet under kommande säsong är således JVM i orientering i Polen. Utöver det, är han driven på att utvecklas i skandinavisk terräng och taggad på att vara med och skörda framtida stafettframgångar. 

Where do you live and what do you do for a living at the moment?
I live in Pilsen, Czech Republic, currently studying in my first year at the Charles University of Prague. 

Why did you choose SNO and what are you looking forward to the most in the club?
As a big ice hockey fan, i was familiar with the Södertälje SK hockey club, because Czechia's  current best hockey player used to play there, and then at the 2022 Tiomila I noticed Södertälje also has an orienteering club and i became a little bit of a fan.

In recent months, I have been trying to find an opportunity to be able to develop my orienteering technique ,which is not good, and hopefully race in the scandinavian terrains and I got on the SNO webpage.
I like the SNO's vision, I like how active the club seems. I am looking forward to getting to know the team and the community and also the interesting terrains around Södertälje. 

What would you say are your greatest strengths? 
I probably do my best Orienteering in open, quick, technically not very challenging terrains, I like forest much more than sprints. On the other hand I often struggle in closed, vegetation dense terrains.

What are your goals for  the future?
In 2027, I would like to try to qualify for JWOC, because it is my last opportunity, but more importantly I would like to keep enjoying running, get to some reasonable level technically and help both my domestic club KOS Slavia Plzeň and SNO as much as I can.

And most importantly: Which leg do you think would suit you at Tiomila?
I think one of the day legs would suit me, whether in the beginning or at the end. I am not sure if i would get out of a swedish forest alive at night :)

Redaktionens anmärkning:
Det sistnämnda lovar vi att lösa med nattorienteringpass i Lerhaga, en terräng som byggt upp nattorienteringskunskaperna hos flertalet numer meriterade stafettlöpare! 

Varmt välkommen till SNO, Jakub!