Rudolf Klabouch (born 29 October 1929) is a

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sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...

who competed in the 1950s. He was born in

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. Competing in two

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, he earned his best finish of sixth in the K-2 10000 m event at

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with Miroslav Jemelka in Melbourne and

Bedřich Dvořák Bedřich Dvořák (10 November 1930 – 14 March 2018) was a Czech sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1950s for Czechoslovakia. He finished seventh in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki Helsinki () is the C ...

in Helsinki.

References

Rudolf Klabouch's profile at Sports Reference.com

External links

* 1929 births Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Czechoslovak male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Czechoslovakia Possibly living people Canoeists from Prague {{Slovakia-canoe-bio-stub