Zdeněk Pecka (6 February 1954 – 30 January 2024) was a Czech

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 for

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 ...

in the

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

and in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

Biography

Pecka was born in

Litoměřice Litoměřice (; ) is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument reservation. The town is the seat of the Roman C ...

. In 1976 he was a crew member of the Czechoslovak boat which won the bronze medal in the quadruple sculls event. Four years later he won his second bronze medal this time with his partner Václav Vochoska in the double sculls competition. Pecka was the coach of Olympic silver medalist

Václav Chalupa Václav Chalupa Jr. (born 7 December 1967 in Jindřichův Hradec, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech rower who competed at six consecutive Olympics from 1988 to 2008, winning a silver medal in 1992 behind Germany's Thomas Lange in the single scull. Ca ...

. He was married to Květa Jeriová. Pecka died on 30 January 2024, at the age of 69.

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* 1954 births 2024 deaths Czech male rowers Czechoslovak male rowers Olympic rowers for Czechoslovakia Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic medalists in rowing World Rowing Championships medalists for Czechoslovakia Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Litoměřice Rowers from the Ústí nad Labem Region {{Czechoslovakia-rowing-bio-stub