Bohumil Kudrna (15 March 1920 – 11 February 1991) was a

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flatwater and slalom canoeist who competed in the late 1940s and the early 1950s. Competing in two

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, he won two medals with

Jan Brzák-Felix Jan Brzák-Felix (6 April 1912 – 15 July 1988) was a Czechoslovak slalom and sprint canoeist from Prague who competed from the mid-1930s to the early 1950s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won three medals in the C-2 1000 m event, i ...

in the C-2 1000 m event with a gold in

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and a silver in

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. Kudrna won two gold medals at the

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, earning them in the C-2 1000 m and C-2 10000 m events. He also won two medals at the

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with a silver in the C-2 team event and a bronze in the C-2 event.

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