Oscar Chalupsky OLY (born 1 March 1963) is a South African

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. He was South Africa's team captain at the

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where he competed in K-4 1000 m event, reaching the semi-finals. He is also a 12-time World Surfski Champion - his latest win (2012) coming at the age of 49, 29 years after his first win. He attended

Westville Boys' High School Westville Boys' High School, often referred to as WBHS or "boys high", is a semi-private high school for boys located in Westville, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Early history The year 2024 marks the 69th anniversary of WBHS as a high school. T ...

in Durban, South Africa, achieving an Honours Blazer for Waterpolo (in 1979) and Rugby (1980). In 1979 he became the youngest ever South African to represent his country in life-saving. In his final year at school, 1980, he represented Natal at Craven Week Rugby, received South African colours for water polo and life-saving, and became the first person to win both the junior and senior men's Iron Man titles at the South African Surf

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Championships. He co-founded Epic Kayaks with

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and was vice president until 2015 when he joined Nelo Kayaks as CEO of the Surfski division. He is currently based in Portugal. He remains extremely active in the sport of surfski worldwide and is one of the sport's most prominent athletes and advocates, attending events and hosting coaching clinics.

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1963 births Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for South Africa South African male canoeists Alumni of Westville Boys' High School 20th-century South African sportsmen {{SouthAfrica-canoe-bio-stub