Viktor Rájek

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameViktor•Rájek
Used nameViktor•Rájek
Born15 April 1985 in Žilina, Žilina (SVK)
Measurements191 cm / 99 kg
AffiliationsŠBK Baret Security Bratislava
NOC Slovakia

Biography

Viktor Rájek competed in bobsleigh for Slovakia at the 2006 Milano Winter Olympics, competing in both the two- and four-man events. Rájek was named to the Slovakian national team in 2003.

Rájek lived for several years in the United States, attending high school in Freedom, Oklahoma in an exchange program. He played eight-man American football in Freedom and earned a scholarship to the University of Akron, where he played football. Rájek started as a tight end but later played defensive line and linebacker. He was a dean’s list student at Akron for every semester of his college career, graduating with a business degree in 2009.

Rájek settled in Wien (Vienna), Austria where he opened his own restaurant, Bier & Bierli. In 2019 he married Slovakian super-model Veronika Rájek, who became better known in 2022 when professing her fondness for American football quarterback Tom Brady, after his divorce from Giselle Bündchen.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
2006 Winter Olympics Bobsleigh (Bobsleigh) SVK Viktor Rájek
Two, Men (Olympic) Milan Jagnešák 25
Four, Men (Olympic) Slovakia 20