Bedřich Dvořák (10 November 1930 – 14 March 2018) was a
Czech sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1950s for
Czechoslovakia
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. He finished seventh in the
K-2 10000 m event at the
1952 Summer Olympics in
Helsinki
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with
Rudolf Klabouch. Dvořák was a coach and father of a canoer
Libor Dvořák and grandfather of
Filip Dvořák.
References
Bedřich Dvořák's profile at Sports Reference.comBedřich Dvořák's obituary
1930 births
2018 deaths
Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Czech male canoeists
Olympic canoeists for Czechoslovakia
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