František Čapek (24 October 1914 – 31 January 2008) was a

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

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who competed from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. He won a gold medal in the C-1 10000 m event at the

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. Born in

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, he also won a silver medal at the

1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mâcon, France. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. The men's competition consisted of four Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak even ...

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in the C-1 10000 m event.

References

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* * * 1914 births 2008 deaths Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Czech male canoeists Czechoslovak male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Czechoslovakia Olympic gold medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian {{Czechoslovakia-Olympic-medalist-stub Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics