František Svoboda (24 January 1904 – 21 January 1991) was 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 Repu ...

canoeist born 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 ...

who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

. Svoboda was born in

in January 1904. In 1936 he finished fifth in the folding K-1 10000 m event. He died in Prague on 21 January 1991, at the age of 86.František Kolář ''Encyklopedie olympioniků. Čeští a českoslovenští sportovci na olympijských hrách'', ed. Euromedia Group, Prague 2021, p. 303

References

1904 births 1991 deaths Czech male canoeists Czechoslovak male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Czechoslovakia Canoeists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Canoeists from Prague {{Czech-canoe-bio-stub