Daniel Havel
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Nationality | Czech | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Prague, Czech Republic | 8 October 1991|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Czech Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Sprint kayak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | ASC Dukla Praha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Daniel Havel (Czech pronunciation: [ˈdanɪjɛl ˈɦavɛl]; born 10 August 1991) is a Czech sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. He is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist.[1]
Career
Havel began to train in sprint canoe in 1999.[2]
He won the bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań.[3]
In 2012, he won silver in the same event at the World Championships in Duisburg.[4] That year, the Czech K-4 1000 m team he was part of won Olympic bronze.[1] In 2013, at the European Championships, the K-4 1000 m team won gold, while the K-2 1000 m team Havel shared with Jan Sterba, won bronze.[5] In 2014, he completed his set of K-4 1000 m World Championship medals, winning gold in Moscow.[4]
In 2015, the Czech K-4 1000 m team won World bronze again.[4] At the European Championships that year, Havel repeated the results of the 2013 European Championships.[5]
At the 2017 World Championships, he won bronze in the K-2 1000 m and the K-4 500 m.[4]
Havel sold trophies he was awarded following his Olympic medals to support young Czech canoeists.[6]
His wife, Andrea Havlova, is also an international competitor in the sprint canoe.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Daniel Havel Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Daniel HAVEL". ICF – Planet Canoe. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships men's K-4 1000 m A final results". Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) – Retrieved 21 August 2010. - ^ a b c d "Results". ICF – Planet Canoe. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Athlete History | Europe Canoe Events". europecanoeevents.com. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "European Canoe Association". canoe-europe.org. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
External links
- Daniel Havel at the International Canoe Federation
- Daniel Havel at Olympics.com
- Daniel Havel at Olympedia (archive)