Filip Dvořák (born 30 July 1988 in

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

) is a Czech

sprint canoe A sprint canoe is a canoe used in International Canoe Federation canoe sprint. It is an open boat propelled by one, two or four paddlers from a kneeling position, using single-bladed paddles. The difficulty of balance can depend on how wide or n ...

ist and marathon canoeist. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, he competed in the Men's C-2 1000 metres, together with Jaroslav Radoň, finishing 5th. Dvořák and Radoň also won two bronzes at the 2013 World Championships. At the

2016 Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

, the pair again competed in the C-2 1000 m. He is grandson of

Bedřich Dvořák Bedřich Dvořák (10 November 1930 – 14 March 2018) was a Czech sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1950s for Czechoslovakia. He finished seventh in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki Helsinki () is the C ...

and son of

Libor Dvořák Libor Dvořák (born 13 June 1957) is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city ...

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