František Čapek

Olympic athlete

1914 – 2008

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Who was František Čapek?

František Čapek was a Czechoslovakian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. He won a gold medal in the C-1 10000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London

Born in Branice, Písek District, he also won a silver medal at the 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mâcon in the C-1 10000 m event.

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Born
Oct 24, 1914
Also known as
  • Frantisek Capek
Died
Jan 31, 2008

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on July 23, 2013

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