František Čapek

František Čapek (October 24, 1914 – January 31, 2008) was a Czechoslovakian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. He won a gold medal in the C-1 10000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London

For the Czech Olympic shooter, see František Čapek (sport shooter).
František Čapek
Medal record
Men's Canoe sprint
Olympic Games
1948 LondonC-1 10000 m
World Championships
1954 MâconC-1 10000 m

Born in Branice, Písek District, he also won a silver medal at the 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mâcon in the C-1 10000 m event.

References
  • DatabaseOlympics.com profile
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
  • 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. "František Čapek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-08-24.


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