MUDr. Jaroslav Větvička is an experienced physician specializing in sports medicine. After graduating from the Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Hradec Králové in 1983, he worked as a doctor for the cyclists of Dukla Prague and the Czechoslovak national team. He also headed the Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry and Physiology at the Institute of Sports Medicine and later the Department of Stress Medicine at the General University Hospital in Prague. From 2000 to 2013 he was the chairman of the medical commission of the Czech Olympic Committee and chief physician of the Czech Olympic team at eight Olympic Games. In 2000, he founded the Centre for Medical Support of the Sports Team at the Central Military Hospital in Prague, which he still heads today.