Peter Páleš (born 7 June 1967) is a
Czechoslovak
Czechoslovak may refer to:
*A demonym or adjective pertaining to Czechoslovakia (1918–93)
**First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–38)
**Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39)
**Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60)
**Fourth Czechoslovak Repub ...
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Slovak sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-2000s (decade). He won a bronze medal in the C-4 500 m event at the
1994 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 1994 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mexico City, Mexico for the second time at neighboring Xochimilco. The Mexican city had hosted the event previously in 1974 at the same venue that hosted the canoeing and rowing competit ...
in
Mexico City
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.
Páleš also competed in four
Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of seventh twice (
1988
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:
C-1 1000 m for
Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
,
1996:
C-2 1000 m for
Slovakia
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).
References
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Sports-reference.com profile
1967 births
Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Czechoslovak male canoeists
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Czechoslovakia
Olympic canoeists for Slovakia
Slovak male canoeists
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
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