Lukáš Trefil (; born 21 September 1988 in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

) is a Czech

canoeist Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle. Common meanings of the term are limited to when the canoeing is the central purpose of the activity. Broader meanings include when it is combined with other acti ...

. He won a bronze medal at the

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and the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

in the K-4 1000 m event. He has also been a World Champion and multiple time European champion in this event. He first began canoeing in 1998 and began competing in 2005.

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* * 1988 births Living people Czech male canoeists Olympic canoeists of the Czech Republic Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Czech Republic Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Games competitors for the Czech Republic Canoeists at the 2015 European Games Canoeists from Prague {{CzechRepublic-canoe-bio-stub