Josef Holeček (canoeist)
Medal record | ||
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Men's canoe sprint | ||
Representing Czechoslovakia | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1948 London | C-1 1000 m | |
1952 Helsinki | C-1 1000 m | |
World Championships | ||
1950 Copenhagen | C-1 1000 m | |
1950 Copenhagen | C-1 10000 m |
Josef Holeček (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjozɛv ˈɦolɛtʃɛk]; 25 January 1921 – 20 February 2005) was a Czechoslovakian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won gold medals in the C-1 1000 m event in both 1948 and 1952.
Holeček was born in Říčany. In addition to his Olympic record, he won two medals at the 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen with a gold in the C-1 1000 m and a silver in the C-1 10000 m events.
References
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile at the Wayback Machine (archived February 8, 2007)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Josef Holeček". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
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Olympic canoeing champions in men's C-1 1000 m
- 1936: Frank Amyot (CAN)
- 1948: Josef Holeček (TCH)
- 1952: Josef Holeček (TCH)
- 1956: Leon Rotman (ROU)
- 1960: János Parti (HUN)
- 1964: Jürgen Eschert (EUA)
- 1968: Tibor Tatai (HUN)
- 1972: Ivan Patzaichin (ROU)
- 1976: Matija Ljubek (YUG)
- 1980: Lyubomir Lyubenov (BUL)
- 1984: Ulrich Eicke (FRG)
- 1988: Ivans Klementjevs (URS)
- 1992: Nikolay Bukhalov (BUL)
- 1996: Martin Doktor (CZE)
- 2000: Andreas Dittmer (GER)
- 2004: David Cal (ESP)
- 2008: Attila Vajda (HUN)
- 2012: Sebastian Brendel (GER)
- 2016: Sebastian Brendel (GER)
- 2020: Isaquias Queiroz (BRA)
- 2024: Martin Fuksa (CZE)
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