Jiří Pták
Jiří Pták (born 24 March 1946 in Děčín, Czechoslovakia), is a Czech rowing coxswain who competed for Czechoslovakia at six Olympic Games between 1968 and 1992 (except the 1984 Olympics, boycotted by the Eastern Bloc countries).[1]
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| Born | 24 March 1946 Děčín | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He was the first rower to compete at six Olympics. He was the third rower, after Briton Jack Beresford and Soviet Yuriy Lorentsson, to compete at five Olympics. (From 1896 to 2008, 22 rowers have competed at five Olympics and 6 at six Olympics.)
His best performance was fourth in the coxed eight at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, when his team lost out on bronze by 1.09 seconds.[1]
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jiří Pták". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
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