Václav Havel (canoeist)

Václav Havel
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
1948 London C-2 10000 m
World Championships
1950 Copenhagen C-2 1000 m
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  Czechoslovakia
World Championships
1957 Augsburg C-2 team
1951 Steyr C-2 team
1957 Augsburg C-2
1959 Geneva C-2
1959 Geneva C-2 team
1951 Steyr C-2
1953 Meran C-2 team

Václav Havel (5 October 1920 – 14 December 1979) was a Czechoslovak slalom and sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. He was born in Prague (where he also died).[1]

Havel won a silver medal in the C-2 10,000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He also won a bronze medal in the C-2 1,000 m event at the 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen.

He also competed in slalom canoeing, winning seven medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. This included a gold (C-2 team: 1957), four silvers (C-2: 1957, 1959; C-2 team: 1951, 1959) and two bronzes (C-2: 1951, C-2 team: 1953).

References

  1. "Sports-reference.com profile". Retrieved 1 September 2014.


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