Vlastimil Černý (born April 7, 1963) is a former

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and

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, who competed for Canada at the

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in Seoul, South Korea. There he finished in 12th position in the 100-metre butterfly, and in ninth place with the men's 4x100-metre freestyle relay team. In 1982, he, along with Miloslav Rolko,

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and

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(all swimmers), defected from Czechoslovakia following a meet in Sindelfingen, West Germany. Černý has been the coach of the University of Manitoba Bisons Swim team since 1993. In 2020, he was awarded the U SPORTS Fox 40 women's swimming Coach of the Year.

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1963 births Living people People from Vyškov Canadian male butterfly swimmers Canadian male freestyle swimmers Canadian people of Czech descent Czechoslovak emigrants to Canada Olympic swimmers for Canada Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Swimmers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from the South Moravian Region Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-swimming-bio-stub

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