Filip Dvořák (born 30 July 1988, in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 milli ...

) is a Czech

sprint canoe A sprint canoe is a canoe used in International Canoe Federation canoe sprint. It is an open boat propelled by one, two or four paddlers from a kneeling position, using single-bladed paddles. The difficulty of balance can depend on how wide or nar ...

ist and marathon canoeist. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's C-2 1000 metres, together with Jaroslav Radoň, finishing 5th. Dvořák and Radoň also won two bronzes at the 2013 World Championships. At the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

, the pair again competed in the C-2 1000 m. He is grandson of

Bedřich Dvořák Bedřich Dvořák (10 November 1930 – 14 March 2018) was a Czechoslovak sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1950s. He finished seventh in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Hel ...

and son of Libor Dvořák.

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