Daniel Havel

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Daniel Havel
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Personal information
NationalityCzech
Born (1991-10-08) 8 October 1991 (age 34)
Prague, Czech Republic
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
CountryCzech Republic
SportSprint kayak
ClubASC Dukla Praha

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

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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

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