Jiří Vokněr

Jiří Vokněr (12 May 1931 – 29 May 2018) is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1950s. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with one gold (1954: C-1 10000 m) and two silvers (1958: C-1 1000 m, C-1 10000 m).[1]

Jiří Vokněr
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1954 MâconC-1 10000 m
Silver medal – second place1958 PragueC-1 1000 m
Silver medal – second place1958 PragueC-1 10000 m

Vokněr also finished fourth in the C-1 10000 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.

References

  1. "Jiří Vokněr". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 August 2021.


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