Jiří Rohan (, born 13 December 1964 in
Prague
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) is a
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slalom canoeist who competed in the 1980s and 1990s. Competing in two
Summer Olympics
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, he won two silver medals in the C2 event, earning them in
1992
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* January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General.
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and
1996
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* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
.
Rohan also won a complete set of medals in the C2 event at the
ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
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with a gold in
1993
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, a silver in
1991
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, and a bronze in
1997
Events January
* January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
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. He earned seven other medals in the C2 team event (3 golds and 4 silvers).
He won the overall
World Cup
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title in the C2 category six consecutive times between 1990 and 1995. He has also won a silver medal in the C2 event at the
1996 European Championships.
His partner in the boat during most of his active career was
Miroslav Šimek.
World Cup individual podiums
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1964 births
Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Czech male canoeists
Czechoslovak male canoeists
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Czechoslovakia
Olympic canoeists for the Czech Republic
Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia
Olympic silver medalists for the Czech Republic
Olympic medalists in canoeing
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
Canoeists from Prague
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