Jiří Svoboda (born April 22, 1954) is a
Czechoslovak
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*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 ...
sprint canoeist
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who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the
K-4 1000 m event at the
1976 Summer Olympics
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in
Montreal
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.
Four years later in
Moscow
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, Svoboda was eliminated in the semifinals of both the
K-2 500 m and the
K-2 1000 m event.
References
Sports-Reference.com profile
1954 births
Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Czech male canoeists
Czechoslovak male canoeists
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Czechoslovakia
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