Václav Havel (canoeist)

Václav Havel

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
	1948 London	C-2 10000 m
World Championships
	1950 Copenhagen	C-2 1000 m
Men's canoe slalom
Representing Czechoslovakia
World Championships
	1957 Augsburg	C-2 team
	1951 Steyr	C-2 team
	1957 Augsburg	C-2
	1959 Geneva	C-2
	1959 Geneva	C-2 team
	1951 Steyr	C-2
	1953 Meran	C-2 team

Václav Havel (5 October 1920 – 14 December 1979) was a Czechoslovak slalom and sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. He was born in Prague (where he also died).

Havel won a silver medal in the C-2 10,000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He also won a bronze medal in the C-2 1,000 m event at the 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen.

He also competed in slalom canoeing, winning seven medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. This included a gold (C-2 team: 1957), four silvers (C-2: 1957, 1959; C-2 team: 1951, 1959) and two bronzes (C-2: 1951, C-2 team: 1953).

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007.