Václav Havel

Olympic athlete

1920 – 1979

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Who was Václav Havel?

Václav Havel was a Czechoslovak slalom and sprint canoer who competed from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. He was born in Prague.

Havel won a silver medal in the C-2 10,000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He 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 three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in the C-2 event. This included two silvers and a bronze.

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Born
Oct 5, 1920
Died
Dec 14, 1979
Prague

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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