Jan Matocha (5 January 1923 – 11 October 2016) was a Czechoslovak
sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two
Summer Olympics
The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...
, he finished ninth in the
K-1 10000 m event at London in
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
. He was born in
Střelná.
References
Jan Matocha's profile at Sports Reference.com
1923 births
2016 deaths
Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Czechoslovak male canoeists
Olympic canoeists for Czechoslovakia
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