Bohumil Janoušek

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Bohumil Janoušek (born September 7, 1937 in Prague ) is a former Czechoslovak rower who won two Olympic medals.

Athletic career

At the European Rowing Championships in 1959 , the Czechoslovak eighth finished second behind the Germany eighth and ahead of the Soviet boat. The following year, the German Roller also won at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome , behind the Canadians won the Czechoslovak eighth in the occupation Bohumil Janoušek, January Švéda , Jiří Lundák , Václav Pavkovic , January Jindra , Luděk Pojezný , Josef Věntus , Stanislav Lusk and Helmsman Miroslav Koníček the bronze medal. The Czechoslovak eighth also won the bronze medal at the European Rowing Championships in 1963 behind the boats from Germany and the Soviet Union. At the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, the Czechoslovak eighth with Petr Čermák , Jiří Lundák, Jan Mrvík , Július Toček , Josef Věntus, Luděk Pojezný, Bohumil Janoušek, Richard Nový and helmsman Miroslav Koníček received the bronze medal and behind the Germany eighth Eighth.

Further engagement in rowing

From 1969 Janoušek was hired as national coach in Great Britain, although he could not speak English at the time. He was called Bob Janousek there, and with his experience from the Eastern Bloc he modernized the training of the British team. After the 1976 Summer Olympics , he stopped working as a coach.

In 1981 he founded the Janousek Racing Boats shipyard in Great Britain , which now operates under the name Janousek & Stämpfli Racing Boats .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Shock and oar. In: www.theguardian.com. The Guardian , August 26, 2007, accessed September 21, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Janoušek, Bohumil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Janoušek, Bob (alternative name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czechoslovak rower
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague