Lukáš Pollert
Lukáš Pollert (Czech pronunciation: [ˈlukaːʃ ˈpolɛrt]) (born 24 March 1970 in Prague) is a Czech slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the C1 event with a gold in 1992 and a silver in 1996.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's canocau nadoslalom | ||
Representing  Czechoslovakia | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1992 Barcelona | C1 |
| Representing Czech Republic | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1996 Atlanta | C1 |
| World Championships | ||
| 1997 Três Coroas | C1 |
| European Championships | ||
| 1996 Augsburg | C1 team |
| 2000 Mezzana | C1 team |
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1998 Roudnice nad Labem | C1 |
| 2000 Mezzana | C1 |
Pollert also won a silver medal in the C1 event at the 1997 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Três Coroas and the overall World Cup title in the C1 category in 1993. At the European Championships he won a total of four medals (2 silvers and 2 bronzes).
He took part in the Velvet Revolution in 1989 in Czechoslovakia which Pollert later considered more important to him than the gold medal he won at Barcelona three years later.
Being a Doctor of Medicine, Pollert retired in 2000 and is nowadays active in his career of a GP in ER of Prague's Military Hospital. He has published several books of interviews with other top Czech sportsmen ("Lukáš Pollert se ptá") and is an active videoblogger on the Vyladeno.tv website. With his partner, Pavla, he has six children, three sons and three daughters.
His sister is actress Klára Pollertová.
World Cup individual podiums
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Total | |
| C1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 30 June 1991 | Mezzana | 3rd | C1 |
| 1992 | 23 February 1992 | Launceston | 1st | C1 |
| 1993 | 25 July 1993 | Lofer | 1st | C1 |
| 21 August 1993 | Minden | 1st | C1 | |
| 31 August 1993 | Ocoee | 3rd | C1 | |
| 1994 | 17 July 1994 | La Seu d'Urgell | 1st | C1 |
| 18 September 1994 | Asahi, Aichi | 2nd | C1 | |
| 1995 | 2 July 1995 | Tacen | 1st | C1 |
| 9 July 1995 | Mezzana | 2nd | C1 | |
| 1996 | 25 August 1996 | Prague | 2nd | C1 |
| 1998 | 14 June 1998 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 3rd | C1 |
| 13 September 1998 | La Seu d'Urgell | 3rd | C1 | |
| 1999 | 20 June 1999 | Tacen | 1st | C1 |
| 24 June 1999 | Tacen | 1st | C1 |
References
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile at the Wayback Machine (archived February 23, 2007)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lukáš Pollert". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- Vyladeno.tv at the Wayback Machine (archived September 29, 2007)
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Canadian Slalom Singles". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 486.
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