120 years ago, the architect and skiing pioneer Jarolímek was born.

Prague - Architect Karel Jarolímek, whose 120th birthday will be on April 5, became famous not only as an outstanding athlete and promoter of sports, but also as an expert in the construction of ski jumps. He designed more than four hundred of them and also managed the construction of many. The first one was built under Zvičina, followed by others in Špindlerův Mlýn, Harrachov, Janský Lázně, Banská Bystrica, and Štrbské pleso.
    Jarolímek was a passionate and versatile athlete. In his youth, he engaged in football, swimming, athletics, cycling, tennis, and hockey, but later he became most attached to skiing. He experienced the successes and failures of Czechoslovak skiing with three generations - first as a competitor (in the 1912/1913 season he was the best skier from the Lands of the Czech Crown) and later as an official and referee. Among other things, he was a member of the Czechoslovak Olympic Committee (as the head of the skiing team, he participated in five Winter Olympic Games) and a member of the International Ski Federation (FIS). He passed away at the age of 82 on February 25, 1970.