Václav Kozák
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Born | 14 April 1937 Vrbno nad Lesy, Czechoslovakia[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 15 March 2004 (aged 66) Terezín, Czech Republic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | ČAC Roudnice[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | František Vrba[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Václav Kozák (14 April 1937 – 15 March 2004) was a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics. In 1960, he won the gold medal in double sculls together with Pavel Schmidt. In 1964 and 1968 he placed 12th and 9th in the single sculls, respectively.[1] At the European championships Kozák won four medals in various events between 1959 and 1965, including a gold in single sculls in 1963.[3] The same year he was named Czechoslovak athlete of the year.[2]
Kozák started as a cyclist, and changed to rowing in 1952 motivated by the gold medal of the Czech coxed fours at the 1952 Olympics. In 1955 he won a national junior title in single skulls, and in 1957 won his first national senior title; he later added 14 more in various disciplines. After retiring from competitions he worked as a rowing coach at the Dukla club in Prague, raising several world championship and Olympic medalists. He was also a military officer and retired in 1991 as lieutenant colonel. In his later life he developed an addiction to alcohol and became homeless for a while. He died aged 66.[2][4]
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- 1904: John Mulcahy & William Varley (USA)
- 1920: Paul Costello & John B. Kelly Sr. (USA)
- 1924: Paul Costello & John B. Kelly Sr. (USA)
- 1928: Paul Costello & Charles McIlvaine (USA)
- 1932: Ken Myers & William Gilmore (USA)
- 1936: Jack Beresford & Dick Southwood (GBR)
- 1948: Richard Burnell & Bert Bushnell (GBR)
- 1952: Tranquilo Cappozzo & Eduardo Guerrero (ARG)
- 1956: Aleksandr Berkutov & Yuriy Tyukalov (URS)
- 1960: Václav Kozák & Pavel Schmidt (TCH)
- 1964: Oleg Tyurin & Boris Dubrovskiy (URS)
- 1968: Aleksandr Timoshinin & Anatoliy Sass (URS)
- 1972: Aleksandr Timoshinin & Gennadiy Korshikov (URS)
- 1976: Frank Hansen & Alf Hansen (NOR)
- 1980: Joachim Dreifke & Klaus Kröppelien (GDR)
- 1984: Brad Alan Lewis & Paul Enquist (USA)
- 1988: Nico Rienks & Ronald Florijn (NED)
- 1992: Peter Antonie & Stephen Hawkins (AUS)
- 1996: Agostino Abbagnale & Davide Tizzano (ITA)
- 2000: Luka Špik & Iztok Čop (SLO)
- 2004: Sébastien Vieilledent & Adrien Hardy (FRA)
- 2008: David Crawshay & Scott Brennan (AUS)
- 2012: Nathan Cohen & Joseph Sullivan (NZL)
- 2016: Martin Sinković & Valent Sinković (CRO)
- 2020: Hugo Boucheron & Matthieu Androdias (FRA)
- 2024: Andrei-Sebastian Cornea & Marian Enache (ROU)
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