Miloslav Duffek

Miloslav Duffek

Medal record
Men's slalom canoeing
Representing   Switzerland
World Championships
	1955 Tacen	Folding K-1

Miloslav Duffek is a former Czechoslovak-Swiss slalom canoeist who competed from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s. He won a silver medal in the folding K-1 event at the 1955 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Tacen.^[1]

Duffek popularized the bow draw stroke, aka "Duffek Stroke", as an effective means of pivoting a kayak. Before the bow stroke was popularized, only forward and reverse sweep strokes were generally used to turn a kayak. The Duffek Stroke turned a multi-stroke operation into a single stroke, which could then be combined with a forward stroke to continue momentum.

References

1. "Overview of athlete's results at canoeslalom.net". Retrieved 26 January 2014.

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.