Lukáš Pollert () (born 24 March 1970 in

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) is a Czech slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. Competing in two

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, he won two medals in the C1 event with a gold in

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and a silver in

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. Pollert also won a silver medal in the C1 event at the

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in Três Coroas and the overall World Cup title in the C1 category in

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. At the

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he won a total of four medals (2 silvers and 2 bronzes). He took part in the

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in 1989 in

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which Pollert later considered more important to him than the gold medal he won at

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three years later. Being a Doctor of Medicine, Pollert retired in 2000 and is nowadays active in his career of a GP in ER of Prague's Military Hospital. He has published several books of interviews with other top Czech sportsmen ("Lukáš Pollert se ptá") and is an active videoblogger on th
Vyladeno.tv
website. With his partner, Pavla, he has six children, three sons and three daughters. His sister is

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World Cup individual podiums

References

* * * * *Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Canadian Slalom Singles". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 486. 1970 births Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Czech male canoeists Czechoslovak male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists of Czechoslovakia Olympic canoeists of the Czech Republic Olympic gold medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic silver medalists for the Czech Republic Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships Canoeists from Prague {{Czechoslovakia-Olympic-medalist-stub