Ludmila Polesná

Ludmila Polesná (31 August 1934 in Písek - 9 December 1988 in Prague) was a Czechoslovak slalom canoeist who competed from the early 1960s to the mid-1970s. She won eleven medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with four golds (Folding K-1: 1961, 1963; K-1: 1967, 1969), five silvers (K-1: 1971, K-1 team: 1965, 1967, 1969, Folding K-1 team: 1963) and two bronzes (K-1 team: 1971, 1975).

Ludmila Polesná
Medal record
Women's canoe slalom
Representing  Czechoslovakia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1961 HainsbergFolding K-1
Gold medal – first place1963 SpittalFolding K-1
Gold medal – first place1967 LipnoK-1
Gold medal – first place1969 Bourg St.-MauriceK-1
Silver medal – second place1963 SpittalFolding K-1 team
Silver medal – second place1965 SpittalK-1 team
Silver medal – second place1967 LipnoK-1 team
Silver medal – second place1969 Bourg St.-MauriceK-1 team
Silver medal – second place1971 MeranK-1
Bronze medal – third place1971 MeranK-1 team
Bronze medal – third place1975 SkopjeK-1 team

Polesná also finished 16th in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

References
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived November 9, 2009)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ludmila Polesná". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.


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