Ladislav Čepčianský (2 February 1931 – 2 October 2021) was a
Czechoslovak
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**Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39)
**Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60)
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sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. He won a silver medal in the K-1 10000 m event at the
1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in
Prague
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. Čepčianský also competed in two
Summer Olympics
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, earning his best finish of sixth at
Melbourne
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in
1956 both in the
K-1 1000 m and the
K-1 10000 m events.
References
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Ladislav Čepčianský's profile at Sports Reference.comLadislav Čepčianský's obituary
1931 births
2021 deaths
Canoeists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Czechoslovak male canoeists
Olympic canoeists of Czechoslovakia
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
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