Václav Chalupa Jr. (born 7 December 1967 in

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) is a

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rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

who competed at six consecutive Olympics from 1988 to 2008, winning a silver medal in 1992 behind Germany's

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in the single scull.

Career

His first coach was his father Václav Chalupa Sr., who competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and reestablished the only rowing club in their small town when he was thirteen. From 1989 until 2004 he was coached by

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. He rowed at sixteen world championships. In the single scull, he came second at four consecutive meets from 1989 to 1993, and third in 1995, 1998, and 2001 (when just 0.7 seconds separated the top three rowers). At his final world championships in Poznan, he came second in the coxed pairs. He came first at the 1990 Goodwill Games in the single sculls, at three World Cup events in 1991, 1993, and 1999, and at the Hackett Thames World Sculling Challenge in 2000. He is a captain in the Czech army and a skilled repairman of agricultural machinery. It is estimated that he has rowed 60 000 km in his career. He is a fan of fellow rowers

and

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, and of

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. His oldest son Václav (born 1994) is also a rower. He set a record time when winning the

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, rowing for Dukla Praha, at the Henley Royal Regatta in 1989, with a time of 7.23 min.

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Career

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